Animal Feed Production: Feed Safety
Optimise the safety of your animal feed manufacturing process and keep your animal production system healthy and profitable.
Duration
5 weeksWeekly study
4 hours
Animal Feed Production: Feed Safety
Discover key hygiene regulations, feed processing and feed formulation methods
Producing animal feed safely will ensure your animal production system remains healthy. Well-fed animals not only live longer but are healthier and more productive in quality and quantity, which means larger farming profits.
On this course, you’ll discover the control and testing methods used to maximise the safety of animal feed. You’ll explore the safety of different types of animal foodstuffs, including forages, oilseeds and by-products.
You’ll also learn hygiene regulations around the microbiological and chemical aspects of animal feed, as well as feed processing and formulation methods.
What topics will you cover?
- Feedstuff categories (forages, oilseeds and by-products)
- Legislation
- Microbiological and chemical aspects
- Feed Processing
- Feed Formulation Principles
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What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...
- Demonstrate the multidiscipline nature of animal feed production
- Demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of animal feed safety issues
- Identify solutions to animal feed safety issues
- Reflect on animal feed safety control systems
- Identify the regulatory requirements related to the production animal feed
Who is the course for?
The course is designed for animal feed mill managers for continuous professional development and training existing and new operators, as well as other personnel (such as administrative and sales staff), food scientists, process engineers, regulators on feed safety practices.
Who will you learn with?
Michaela is a Lecturer in Education working on the development of EITFOOD education programmes. Her background is in food science and research at the Institute for Global Food Security.
I am subject matter expert for the German Institute of Food technologies e.V. and loving to transfer value and practically useable knowledge.
DVM, Assistant Professor at the Department of Veterinary Sciences of the University of Turin, Italy.
Research field: Food Safety
Who developed the course?
EIT Food
EIT Food is Europe’s leading food initiative, working to make the food system more sustainable, healthy and trusted.
Queen's University Belfast
Queen’s University Belfast is a member of the Russell Group of 24 leading UK research-intensive universities.
European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT)
The European Institute of Innovation & Technology strengthens Europe’s ability to innovate by powering solutions to pressing global challenges and by nurturing entrepreneurial skills in Europe’s largest innovation ecosystem.
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