Tecaliman featured in the 2026 Nutrition Guide
On the occasion of SPACE 2025, the Nutrition Guide has been published. We are pleased to featured in this new edition, which highlights significant actor in the animal nutrition industry. Find below the presentation of Tecaliman (page 70) The leading French technical center in animal nutrition, Tecaliman has been supporting industry players since 1981. Based […]
Moral report of the 2026 General Meeting
New president, new director, new ambitions. At its 2025 General Meeting, Tecaliman outlined the framework for a modernized technical center, more closely connected to its members and more visible within the industry. One year after taking office, Yann TRIT, President, and Séverine Brunet, Director, present an encouraging initial assessment. The momentum is there: in 2025, […]
Regulation governing classified facilities, requirements applying to storage facilities at feed production plants in France
French environmental law is broadly structured around the regulation governing classified facilities. The two benchmark texts are the law of 19 July 1976 and its implementing decree of 21 September 1977. These texts concern facilities classified for environmental protection, and address the concepts of hazards, classified facility and the protection of interests.
Energy diagnostic at an animal feed production plant
The diagnostic method described in this datasheet was developed at Tecaliman. Since its introduction in 1987, around sixty energy diagnostics have been carried out at sites with an annual animal feed pro-duction rate ranging from 15,000 to 500,000 tons.
Laser diffraction particle size analysis of additives used in the animal feed sector
This datasheet describes the above measurement protocol according to the method requested by TECALIMAN. It takes as its main reference a comprehensive study carried out at the end of the 1990s.
Method used to assess the anticaking agents used to coat feed pellets
Coating feed pellets rich in sticky substances with anticaking agents during the manufacturing process helps to resolve problems with caking and flow. To assess the efficacy of these anticaking agents, TECALIMAN performed several flow tests and a crush-resistance test following a pellet caking simulation. The caking test already used by Tecaliman (Tecaliman 1984) required the […]
Measuring the hardness of pellets using a “Schleuniger” device
Hardness is a measurement of the compressive strength of pellets when they are subjected to a compressive force. This measurement enables the cohesion of the pellet (compressive strength) and the force applied by the animal when chewing to be assessed. In France, a number of methods are used to measure this feature of pellets: the […]
Summary of studies and analysis of accidents by fire and explosion in the bulk food sector
2011 saw the publication of a preliminary assessment of good professional practice in the field of accidentology detailing occurrences of fire and explosion in France for the period 1982-2011. This good professional practice is also outlined in special report N° 70 “Guide to developing a hazard study”. This technical datasheet provides the latest, up-to-date review […]
Electrostatic charging of animal feeds
The electrostatic charging of powders can initiate a range of behaviours of varying complexity and detectability, which can even sometimes appear rather unexpected. In the animal feed sector, electrostatic charging may to some extent explain various undesirable phenomena: • Carry-over • Electrical charging of facilities • Explosions The tests carried out jointly by Tecaliman and […]
Segregating feedstuffs at industrial sites
In 1999, tests were carried out to establish the range for coefficients of variation for the feedstuffs considered the most heterogeneous on the market: laying hen feeds (Special Report No. 40). Up till then, feed homogeneity had only been studied at the level of plant output. This had made it impossible to establish a relationship […]