No. 18 - Spring 2014 - The magazine of Skretting Australia

Skretting Australiareleases sustainability report

Skretting’s responsible operations standard

Optiline Premium update

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Skretting Australia is pleased to release its first sustainability report. “Whilst much of our activ-ity is covered in the more comprehensive Skret-ting Group global report we felt it appropriate to report on a number of specific activities and outcomes of our own local performance” says James Rose, Managing Director of Skret-ting Australia. The comprehensive information presented in this report relates to the activities in 2013. The report is available on our website (www.skretting.com.au)

The international animal nutrition and fish feed group Nutreco, owner of Skretting, has estab-lished a robust focus on sustainability throughout all its Business Units. The priority is the global chal-lenge of feeding the 9 billion people that will be populating the planet by 2050. It has been well documented that if we intend to feed all those peo-ple in the same way that we do today then we will need 3.5 × Earths. Clearly, we do not have that luxury, which means everyone has a role to play in ensuring the resources that we do have are utilised to their maximum sustainable level.

Nutreco’s Integrated Report 2013 includes infor-mation related to the animal and fish feed activi-ties of the group. Skretting’s Group Sustainability Report provides much more detailed information about the aquaculture activities and enables Skret-

ting to be more visible and transparent in the mar-ketplace, while our Australian Sustainability Re-port enables us to share some of our own local achievements and performance results.

Skretting has developed a sustainability focus to be proud of. As the leading supplier of aquaculture feeds in Australia and New Zealand, we have a strong responsibility to support our local industry by developing the most sustainable economic aqua-feeds, whilst making sure that our own house is in order. For many years Skretting Australia has been exploring the use of alternative raw materials and reducing its reliance on scarce marine ingredients. Backed by the research capability of the Skretting Aquaculture Research Centre, and with the strong support of local suppliers, Skretting Australia has made very good progress in this area.

“This year we were proud to release new global products such as Protec and Premium, which have enabled us to strongly support our customers’ fish performance as well as improving their sustainabil-ity position. I am also pleased that through the ef-forts of our marketing and technical services staff, we have strongly supported our customers to se-cure key sustainability certifications and strengthen their social licences”, James concludes. n

sustainability report for australia page 3

responsible operations standard (ros) aquaculture page 4

local pacKaGinG upGradespage 6

premium drives sustainability in local industry page 8

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contents

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“With global population expected to grow from 7 billion to 9.3 billion by 2050 and the affluent middle class expected to grow by 3 billion by 2030, food production will need to double to meet surging de-mands” says José Villalón, Nutreco’s Corporate Sustainability Director, at the opening plenary session of the 2014 World Aquaculture conference, Adelaide.

“It is estimated that more food will be required to be produced in the next 36 years than has been produced in the preceding 8,000 years. So we must double food production while simultaneously reducing by half the environmental/social impacts in any food production system.”

Mr Villalón said that “fish convert a greater proportion of the food they eat into body mass than live-stock and therefore the environmental demands per unit biomass or protein produced are lower”. “However, although farmed fish may convert food more efficiently than livestock we are still dependent on the global management of common natural resources, the small pelagic fisheries for fish meal and oil, as a component of feed.”

“This is the most obvious dependence on natural resource sustainability for the success of aquacul-ture. However, like other food systems, water quality, climactic stability, soil vitality and other environ-mental resources must be managed better by humans to meet our future needs in a way that allows the true renewability of the Earth’s resources to be used responsibly.

In this issue of Nexus, we are introducing some new elements to our sustainability journey to help support our role in the development of a sustainable aquaculture industry. Firstly, we have released our first local 2013 Sustainability Report. Secondly, we have a new internal sustainability measure, our Responsible Operating Standard. This is based on our SEA program that all Skretting operating companies are required to achieve and demonstrates how our commitment to sustainability translates into concrete actions.

Locally, we have made improvements to our hatchery bags and bulk bags used in the Tasmanian market, and lastly we take a different look at Premium and how this feed helps lower your environ-mental impact. n

More food will be required to be produced in the next 36 years than has been produced in the preceding 8,000 years José Villalón, Nutreco Corporate Sustainability Director

We have strongly supported

our customers to secure key sustainability

certifications and strengthen their social licences

James RoseManaging Director Skretting Australia

DR Jenna bowyeR sustainability anD communications officeR

DR Rhys hauleR maRketing manageR

Our focus on sustainability

Skretting Australia publish first sustainability report

Skretting Australia’s 2013 Sustainability Report

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The SuSTainable DevelopmenT Challenge

In 2011 the world population surpassed 7 billion people and is pre-dicted to reach 9 billion by 2050. At the same time, the spending power of people from emerging nations such as China and Brazil is increasing as they transition to a more urbanised, middle class life-style. The combined impact of these demographic shifts will be an increase in global demand for animal products, including fish. Since many of the resources required to produce food are constrained by ecological limitations, meeting this demand will require innovative so-lutions that enable more food to be produced from a fixed resource base. This will necessarily involve safeguarding and using existing resources in a way to enhance the long-term management of, and investment in, human, social and environmental resources that are used in production.

SkreTTing’S CommiTmenT

In recent years, Skretting’s commitment to sustainability has prob-ably been best expressed through its Sustainable Economic Aqua-feeds (SEA) programme, which identifies key sustainability issues facing the aquaculture industry and the actions Skretting will take to address them.

Six guiding pillars form the basis of SEA: having our own house in order; developing sustainable nutritional solutions; securing animal health; finding alternatives to limited marine resources; creating a sustainable base for feed; and involve and motivate. These pillars are founded on the four objectives contained in Sustainability Vision 2020, namely Ingredients, Operations, Commitment and Nutritional solutions.

Feed manufacturers play a key role within the broader aquaculture supply chain. We understand how social, environmental and eco-nomic criteria interact with each other and we intend to work in all three areas to drive sustainability improvements within our own busi-ness. Sitting as we do between raw material producers and farmers we play an integral part in making the most of limited supplies and surging demand at the same time as supporting the sustainability objectives of our customers.

One of the most challenging aspects of sustainability is translating overarching sustainability goals and ambitions into concrete actions. To address this challenge, Skretting has developed the Responsible Operations Standard (ROS), an internal guideline to integrate sus-tainability into the business at an operational level. This will not only provide our companies with the ability to measure and track year on year improvement, it will also help to protect brand reputation by ensuring a consistent approach is taken throughout the global business.

STanDarD DevelopmenTThe ROS was written by Skretting’s Global Sustain-ability Team and with reference to relevant sustain-ability issues identified by numerous government, non-government organizations (NGO), industry and academic sources. The standard setting process also involved a comprehensive review of the stand-ards setting bodies and nominated references that Skretting Group supports, these included, amongst others:

• Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC)• European Feed Manufacturers’ Federation (FE-

FAC)• Global Aquaculture Alliance• International Fishmeal and Fish Oil Organisation

for Responsible Supply (IFFO RS)• UN Food Agriculture Organisation Guidelines

on Aquaculture Certification• UN Food Agriculture Organisation Code of

Conduct for Responsible Fisheries; and• World Wildlife Fund (WWF).

roS prinCipleS

When discussing sustainability it is necessary to be clear on your definition as the difficult mix of criteria has been described as a “dialogue of values that defies consensual definition.” The ROS standard therefore contains the principles, criteria, indicators and requirements that are applicable under the ROS Standard thereby defining clearly what sustainability means to us.

The Principles cover seven key areas including:• General requirements to ensure that all Skret-

ting companies uphold their license to operate by meeting the legal obligations set by relevant government bodies.

• Keeping Our Own House in Order to ensure that all Skretting companies understand the environmental, social and economic conse-quences of their operations and take appropri-ate action to mitigate any associated negative outcomes.

• Developing Sustainable Nutritional Solutions to ensure that the broader environmental, social and economic benefits of product innovations are assessed in a rigorous manner with the re-sults communicated clearly and accurately to stakeholders.

• Securing Animal Health and Welfare to provide nutritional solutions that improve animal welfare and increase on-farm productivity through the prevention and treatment of common health is-sues.

• Finding Alternatives to Limited Marine Resourc-es to ensure that Skretting utilises the knowl-edge, skills and technology it has developed to reduce reliance on limited marine resources through increasing the flexibility of feed formula-tions.

• Creating a Sustainable Base of raw materials to ensure that all Skretting suppliers are engaged and committed to the production and supply of sustainable raw materials.

• Enabling People through Engagement to en-sure key stakeholders are engaged with Skret-ting’s sustainability vision and are enthusiastic and motivated to work together to achieve common goals.

FuTure CommiTmenT

The ROS has also been independently reviewed and assessed by SAI Global to ensure the content and structure is in accordance with internationally accepted professional standard setting procedures. Self-assessment is the first phase and Skretting Australia, will undertake an assessment against the ROS in 2014, with results reported to management. Lessons learnt from the self-assessment process will be polished into a system that could potentially become third-party verified in the future. Our aim is to create a very robust system that can be proven to create genuine advancements. The links made to external standards such as the Aquaculture Stew-ardship Council (ASC) and GlobalGAP and the ro-bustness of the development process to ISO9001 standards will open up the opportunity to all of Skretting’s Operating Companies (OpCos) to gain independent accreditation to address the growing demand from customers for third-party certification.

SuSTainabiliTy TrenDS

In 2014, the trend for increasing regulatory pres-sures on companies to measure, manage and re-port on environmental and social performance both within their organisations and throughout their value chains looks set to continue. With the Responsible Operations Standard (ROS) Skretting is well placed not only to respond to this trend but also to better support our customers with their own sustainability reporting requirements. n

Feed manufacturers play an integral

part in making the most of limited

supplies and surging demand at the same time

as supporting the sustainability objectives of our

customers

Dr Jenna bowyer

Sustainability and Communications Officer, Skretting Australia

Skretting’s Responsible Operations Standard (ROS): AquacultureDR Jenna bowyeR sustainability anD communications officeR

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This year, more of the Skretting salmonid hatchery feed for the Aus-tralian and New Zealand market is being made locally at the factory in Cambridge. Therefore, Skretting Australia has decided to invest in giving these high value products the packaging they deserve.

The entire hatchery feed range (Nutra products) are usually packaged into 20 or 25kg bags with the standard blue design. Over the coming months, you will see these bags for the Nutra products replaced with the new grey design. Not only is the colour different, but the gusset of the bag is smaller, allowing for much neater and tighter packaging. This results in more consistent and safer pallet stacks and reduces the risk of slack bags spilling over the sides of the pallet.

In most hatchery operations there is a lot of manual handling of feed bags. The 5kg reduction in bag weight for all the Nutra products will help eliminate or minimise the risk of muscle strains which are often associated with lifting heavy objects.

All Nutra RC diets are made locally in 1.2, 2.3 or 3mm size pellets, while Spirit Supreme diets are made locally in 2.3 or 3mm size pellets.

The starter feeds, Nutra XP 0.5-1.0mm, will continue to be imported from Skretting France, where it is produced for all Skretting opera-tions world-wide.

As part of Skretting Australia’s ongoing commit-ment to our customers to provide safe, efficient and sustainable logistic solutions, we are pleased to announce the development and introduction of a 5 Lift Point Bulk Bag. Skretting Australia has been working closely with its bulk bag suppliers in researching and developing a 5 lift point bulk bag solution.

The 5 lift point bulk bag has both the traditional four loop lifting straps as well as a single free standing loop. These bulk bags are made to specifications that allow the flexibility of lifting by either option making handling safer, easier, and faster.

Here are some of the benefits you can achieve by using these bags:

• When lifting using the single loop the need for the operator to get off the forklift to put the four loop straps on the lifting device is removed

• It provides the flexibility to move to a pallet free system within your own supply chain

• The ability to efficiently handle multiple bags simultaneously, increasing productivity by re-ducing time and effort

Patrick Miller, Technical Account Manager for Skretting Australia has been observing the progress of implementing the new bag solution at Tassal’s Margate loading operations. “The new bag system has already shown to increase load-ing efficiencies compared to the previous bags.The new forklifts can carry 2 bags at once, in-stead of only one at a time, to DeBruyn’s feed boat, Ebenezer.” DeBruyn’s Skipper, Colin Cowie says that there are substantial benefits to these new bags with regards to loading them onto the feed boat. “The capacity for feed on the boat has increased as the bag’s design allows for more bags to fit on the deck. There isn’t a require-ment for any chains from the loading equipment which saves continuously repairing and replacing chains. Also, not as many crew are required for loading the vessel.”

At this stage, this bag solution is currently only available for local Tasmanian customers. Other markets will come on line as customers express interest in this development. n

small bags

New colour

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Legally required ruminant warning printed on the

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TOP: The new bulk bags in actionABOVE: The newly developed 5

lift point bag, with single loop plus 4 loop straps

RIGHT: Jason Connell, Assistant Hatchery Manager at Petuna’s Cressy Hatchery

holding one of the new 20kg hatchery bagsBELOW RIGHT: The

slimmer profile of the new packaging, shown on right

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FeeD breakThrough

At Skretting Australia, the Premium diet range combines metabolic activators with a significantly greater digestible energy - using vegeta-ble oil as the primary fat source. Substituting poultry oil with vegetable oil reduces the saturated fatty acid content of diets, leading to an im-proved fat digestibility and an additional 2 megajoules (MJ) of DE per kg of feed. When used during the cooler months (April – October), the Premium combination of metabolic activators and higher digest-ible energy promotes improved growth performance, enhanced fillet recovery rates and a significantly reduced FCR. In this article, we use the nutrient efficiency model developed by Skretting Aquaculture Research Centre (ARC) to estimate what benefit a reduced FCR has for nutrient discharge when Optiline Premium is fed to Tasmanian Atlantic salmon.

eFFiCienCy moDel

Nutrient discharge associated with fish farming is an accepted en-vironmental impact, but it should be the aim of all farming industries to minimise nutrient outputs for future sustainability of the industry and the environment. Fish farming naturally results in a discharge of dissolved inorganic nutrients (e.g. ammonia), particulate organic nutri-ents in the form of fish faeces and feed waste and dissolved organic nutrients by resuspension of the particulate fraction.

Skretting ARC has developed an efficiency model that, based on the type of feed, fish growth and FCR, will predict an Atlantic salmon’s retention of nitrogen, phosphorus and carbon. This efficiency model was developed using small-scale nutrient balance experiments as a foundation, and is now being validated on a large scale in Norway at the Center of Aquaculture Competence (CAC). Taking into considera-tion exact feed composition and digestibility of the different nutrients, the Skretting ARC efficiency model is able to calculate the discharge of nutrients with a high degree of accuracy. Output from the efficiency model can demonstrate how feeds providing higher retention and lower FCR result in lower nutrient discharge per unit of fish produced.

eFFiCienCy gainS WiTh opTiline premium

in TaSmanian Spring SmolT

aTlanTiC Salmon

Tasmanian spring smolt Atlantic salmon were chosen to demonstrate the benefit of reduced nutrient output associated with Optiline Pre-mium. In this case study, Optiline Premium 2000 & 3000 are com-pared to Optiline X 2000 & 3000, after 2kg body weight. Optiline Premium contains an additional 2 MJ of DE plus metabolic activators compared to Optiline X. These are the feed options used after the first summer of this particular production strategy. An FCR improvement of 0.18 was applied to Optiline Premium from 2kg to harvest (5kg round body weight), which is consistent with Atlantic salmon trials in South East Tasmania (Nexus edition 15) and commercial production in Chile (Nexus edition 17).

The figures presented in this article summarise the total nutrient discharge, which in this case, consists of dissolved inorganic nutrients and particulate organic faecal nutrients per tonne of Tasmanian spring smolt Atlantic salmon produced. Figure 1 il-lustrates the 11 kg reduction of total nitrogen discharge when using Optiline Premium 2000 and 14 kg reduction of total ni-trogen discharge when using Optiline Premium 3000. Similarly, Figure 2 illustrates the 90 kg reduction of total carbon discharge when using Optiline Premium 2000 and 81 kg reduction of total carbon discharge when using Optiline Premium 3000.

While Figure 1 and 2 are distinct periods late in the spring smolt Atlantic salmon production, Figure 3 illustrates the cumulative effect of Optiline Premium averaged for the entire production cycle. Overall, Optiline Premium reduces the total nitrogen dis-charge by 11% from 63 to 56 kg, and the total carbon dis-charge by 13% from 378 to 326 kg per tonne of Tasmanian spring smolt Atlantic salmon produced.

With the combination of metabolic activators and higher energy density, Premium provides local aquaculture industries a means to strive for considerable reductions in FCR. As a further benefit of this FCR improvement, industries in turn gain a significant reduction in the nutrient discharge, which is important for both regulation compliance of waterways and sustainability creden-tials for future industry development. n

Optiline Premium reduces nitrogen discharge by 11% and carbon discharge by 13% for Tasmanian spring smolt Atlantic salmon Rhys hauler Marketing Manager, Skretting Australia

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Skretting’s new grower feed, Premium is based on metabolic activators that stimulate a fish’s me-tabolism and improves the ability to utilise digestible energy (DE). The result is faster growth, higher slaughter yields and more marketable fish with higher levels of omega-3 fatty acids, EPA and DHA in the fillet. But it’s the significantly lower feed conversion ratio (FCR) that really holds some interest for the industry, by promoting reduced nutrient discharge in finfish production where Premium is used.

Premium drives environmental gains in our local aquaculture industries

Optiline Premium is available for Atlantic salmon from 1kg (see Active Nutrition range table), while Orient Premium is available for Chinook salmon and Nova Premium for barramundi (Nexus edition 17).

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The 2014 World Aquaculture conference was hosted in Australia for the first time since 1999. This annual event also incorporat-ed the biennial Australasian Aquaculture Conference and Trade Show. Skretting Australia was the naming rights sponsor of this event and took the opportunity to launch the first Skretting Aus-tralia sustainability report. More than 2500 delegates participat-ed in the four day conference, which had 12 concurrent sessions covering a broad range of topics.

Skretting Australia had two international colleagues join the confer-ence. Mr José Villalón, Nutreco’s Corporate Sustainability Director, gave the opening plenary address, and Dr Alex Obach, Managing Di-rector of Skretting Aquaculture Research Centre, presented on topi-cal areas of research knowledge: how fish and shrimp nutrition and health solutions are playing a major role in improving the sustainability and productivity of aquaculture production around the world. Other members of the local Skretting Australia team gave presentations on our latest products and sustainability developments.

The first day of the conference was a Sunday, so to start off the week on a good note we invited our customers to a Saturday afternoon game of AFL at the new Adelaide Oval, followed by a dinner event.

Rhys Hauler, Marketing Manager for Skretting Australia says “We were proud to be the naming rights sponsor of the 2014 World Aqua-culture conference and the event provided the perfect opportunity to launch our first Skretting Australia sustainability report. Our customers valued the time they spent with our guests José Villalón and Alex Obach.”

Skretting Australia hosted guests from three of its major salmonid customers: Tassal, New Zealand King Salmon and Sanford, and one of its raw material suppliers, Inghams, at this year’s AquaVision in Stavanger, Norway. Knut Nesse, CEO of Nutreco welcomed more than 400 delegates from 45 countries, including many top decision makers from the aquaculture industry. The delegates were exposed to a broad range of speakers with invaluable information, insight and opinion. The main topics and liveliest debates focused on the challenges and opportunities facing the aquaculture industry today and in the future.

Skretting Australia’s Managing Director James Rose, Marketing Manager Rhys Hauler and Technical Account Manager Matthew Bransden arranged a variety of additional op-portunities for our Australian and New Zealand executive guests, including meetings with international salmon producers, salmon researchers and visiting staff at the Skretting Aquaculture Research Centre to get an update on key commercial and research activi-ties of interest.

The highlight of the conference was Sir Bob Geldoff, the rock star turned poverty and environmental campaigner, encouraging the responsible aquaculture industry to strike the right balance between consumer and business demands together with the broader social and environmental needs of the plant. “Aquaculture can play its part by bridging the gap between sustainable fisheries and the global demand for seafood. We need to get to the point whereby aquaculture is not only viable business, but also a viable methodology for keeping so many of us alive” said Sir Bob.

Aquaculture can play its part by bridging the

gap between sustainable

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for seafood sir bob geldof

Keynote speaker at AquaVision 2012

The aquaculture industry must join

forces to successfully compete with other

“centre-plate” protein production, such as

beef, poultry and pork.

José Villalón, Nutreco Corporate

Sustainability Director

DR Rhys hauleR maRketing manageR

aquaviSion 2014

Conference overview

2014 WorlD aquaCulTure ConFerenCe

Mr José Villalón, Nutreco’s Corporate

Sustainability Director delivering the plenary

address at the 2014 World Aquaculture Conference

Nicole Ruff and Michael Hennessy at the Skretting Australia tradeshow booth

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At Skretting Australia we pride ourselves on continually improving the way we work together as a team to meet our customers’ needs. One of the ways we do this is to focus on our values. We began to work closely with our values in 2011 and have recently revisited our values in a whole business workshop. During the workshop we focused specifically on safety, quality, people and sustainability and how the values support and guide our development in these areas.

As a part of Nutreco, we, along with other operating companies, have 4 clearly understood values; Innovative, Collaborative, Capable and Caring. Bringing life to these values through all that we do is how we will achieve Nutreco’s mission of Feeding the Future. Being innovative allows us to fulfil our mission by deliv-ering superior nutritional solutions that respond to our customers’ needs.  Our collaborative approach ensures we can combine skills and resources to drive innovation and growth. We create shared value by connecting with our cus-tomers, suppliers and research organisations to develop nutritional solutions.

We are determined to be the best at doing what matters most. That is why we develop the capabilities of individuals in our organisation. We are a caring organisation that delivers on its commitments to stakeholders through a bal-anced approach to people, profit and planet. We believe that our company values are a foundation for building a positive, sustainable and resilient culture. This culture is the bedrock for creating strong, beneficial and long lasting part-nerships with our customers. n

The premier international aquaculture nutrition conference, ISFNF was held in Cairns this year. Skretting was a gold sponsor of the conference, which was attended by the whole Nutrition De-partment of the Skretting Aquaculture Research Centre, the formulator from Skretting Canada and four of the local Skretting Australia team, who all made a strong contribution to the scientific pro-gram. ARC Principal Researcher, Grethe Rosen-lund presented on “Do Atlantic salmon need ma-rine omega-3 fatty acids during grow out in sea?” and ARC Team Leader for Salmonid Nutrition, Leo Nankervis, presented on “Digestible energy, growth and appetite regulation for Atlantic salmon under low oxygen conditions” on behalf of ARC Researcher Vibeke Vikeså.

ARC researchers Grethe Rosenlund, Ingunn Stubhaug, Leo Nankervis, Nafiha Usman and Vibeke Vikeså were also authors/co-authors of six presentations and posters, while the local Skret-ting Australia team presented two posters on yel-lowtail and barramundi nutrition.

“Having the ARC team on our doorstep provided a great opportunity for our customers to interact with the researchers who are directly responsible for the different areas of Skretting nutrition re-search” says Nicole Ruff, Skretting Australia Prod-uct Manager.

In addition, our Skretting Norway colleague, Sissel Stussort was hosting members of their two major customers, Marine Harvest and Leroy during the conference. “This international conference, which is held every two years brings together fish nutri-tion academics, commercial feed companies and fish producers. Skretting has a strong presence at this conference because it is a chance for fish nu-trition peers to provide feedback on the research we are doing around the globe” says Wolfgang Koppe, Nutrition Manager at ARC. n

Skretting has a strong presence at this conference because it is a chance for fish nutrition peers to provide feedback on the research we are doing around the globeDr wolfgang koppe Nutrition Manager, Skretting ARC

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As of July 7th 2014, Skretting Australia is officially certi-fied to the Global G.A.P Compound Feed Manufacturer’s Standard, a global standard for the manufacture of safe and sustainable feeds. Our next edition of Nexus will go into more detail on how Skretting Australia ensures safe feeds for our customers. n

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