European regulations 183/2005 of 12/01/05 and 2160/2003 of 17/11/03 are driving the animal feed sector to strengthen its control over the risk of salmonella infection. This legislation was incorporated into French law under the order of 23 April 2007, which focuses specifically on the treatment of feedstuffs destined for breeding laying hens. The requirements laid down in these regulations may eventually apply to other types of animal feed intended for other monogastric species (broiler, turkey, pig). A programme has been set up to help industrials meet these requirements by demonstrating and establishing the conditions for ensuring bacteriolysis during standard pelleting operations on these four feedstuffs. Phase 1 of this programme seeks to identify which pelleting parameters ensure the destruction of the enterobacterial flora found on a pilot press, i.e. which parameters can achieve a 3-log reduction in feed contamination and obtain feeds that contain less than 1000 enterobacteria per gram at the cooler output. In addition to providing a means for circulating these scales, this datasheet also explains the method used to establish them and how they can be of use to industrials.
