Results of a 2005 inter-laboratory ring test on RF blue lake microtracer

Two years after the first ring test (i’Tec_H17) that followed the establishment of the new method for extracting and analysing RF-blue lake microtracer (i’Tec_H18), several animal feed research labs implemented this technique. Following on from the first study, and in agreement with Tecaliman’s supervisory board, a new ring test was set up to assess analysis […]

Measuring the angle of repose (flow) found in animal feed additives

Tecaliman carried out the first angle of repose measurement tests based on a technique described in standard NF T 73-008 (1978) that we refer to as the angle of repose (distribution). The results obtained using this method initially designed for powder and pellet surface agents demonstrated that the method was not suitable for use with […]

Technical rules for assessing the level of carry-over between feedstuff batches

Industrial obligations allied with French and European regulations are driving feedstuff manufacturers to assess the level of carry-over on their production lines. These technical rules, which are recognised by several certification reference systems, can also be applied to manufacturers of mineral and additive premixes. These carry-overs consist of technically unavoidable traces of residual product in […]

Recommendation on a method designed to assess the health status of delivery trucks

In the late 1990s, a committee of industrials and quality experts developed a trial method for checking controls on the critical recontamination point as represented by delivery trucks during the transportation of heat-treated products (HTP). At a time both when the level of prevention relating to biosafety in the animal nutrition sector clearly needs to […]

Proposed method for monitoring the cleanliness of an industrial animal feed site

This proposed method was developed in 1998, during meetings of a commission comprising industrial operators (Tecaliman, 1999). On the request of members of this commission, it is worth remembering that this method only serves as an example and that everyone is free to apply it or modify it in line with the risks occurring on […]