Global Feed Safety Summit 2022

How do we feed 10 billion people in 2050? How can we give a push to the sustainability transition as a sector? These were among the big questions at the 3-day 2022 Global Feed Safety Summit in Berlin.

Survey

The 180 participants at the Global Feed Safety Summit were surveyed to ask which challenge they felt will have the highest impact on the feed industry;

Climate change: 42%

Growing population: 24%

Legislation: 16%

Feed Safety Culture: 10%

Top 8 takeaways from the summit:

1. Foster a feed safety culture: focus on people and behaviour.

2. Define shared definitions and objectives on sustainability.

3. Increase the use of alternative proteins in feed production.

4. Invest in the next generation, the future of feed and food safety.

5. Reduce food waste and transition to circular feed & food production.

6. Embrace new technologies like remote auditing and blockchain for feed safety and sustainability.

7. Accelerate our fight against antimicrobial resistance.

8. Share feed safety knowledge within the worldwide feed industry, like the GMP+ Academy does.

GMP+ International is actively working on 3 key actions:

1. Together with GFLI, we are looking at ways to verify sustainability claims.

2. Promoting and expanding our antimicrobial resistance scheme standards to vulnerable regions.

3. Together with Covantis, we are exploring blockchain options for elements of feed safety.

At the summit, GMP+ International’s founder Johan den Hartog was appointed Officer in the Order of Orange Nassau, a Royal decoration for people who have rendered outstanding service to Dutch society.