October 2009

Heavy Metals

Guidance Document. EU Commission Directorate-Document SCFCAH-SAN/04-2003/8/001 (2003). EU’s 2003 report on heavy metals and undesirable compounds. This document covers two parts: (Part I) List of documents that the EU analyzed for the elaboration of this report; (Part II) The discussion on the above. This is important information on feed ingredients and its application & usage …

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Natural Foods Through Marine Krill Meal

Clean Human-Grade Products Based on Clean Feed Ingredients (2003). South Antarctic Krill Meal has unique nutritional and quality attributes. It is an excellent source of protein and a superb palatability enhancer. It has an extra osmoregulatory contribution, useful to reduce salmon’s physiological stress. Krill meal’s natural pigment is used to increase flesh pigmentation, regulation of …

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The (South Antarctic) Krill

Short History (2003). Antarctic Krill (Euphausia suberba) is one of the least exploited marine resources, while it is also the most abundant. Long historical involvement comes primarily from Russians and Japanese. Koreans and Poles also have a say on this fishery. The international regulatory body governing all scientific, economical and environmental aspects in the Antarctic …

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Antarctic Krill (Euphausia superba, Dana)

A different Class Feed Ingredient.Heavy Metals’ Case (2003). The EU import restriction (Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of May 7th 2002) related to undesirable substances in animal feeds is fixing a 500ppm Fluorine max level from August 1st 2003 onwards, directive that includes 21 different materials. Tharos report “First Report …

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Krill Hydrolyzed End-Products

Preliminary Tests (2000) Several tests and research on krill hydrolysis have run by Tharos in the last 4 seasons (1996 – 2000). There is indeed valid and conflicting evidence to the prevailing knowledge thatenzymatic hydrolysis is a safe, cost-effective, highly efficient and sole procedure applicable for on-board operations. Tharos research shows something different. Several tests …

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Krill Oil Stability

  Research 1997-1998.    Tharos has tested several krill oil working procedures, among them storage stability performance of on-board processed krill oil made out from the dried krill meal processing. Tests have considered storage temperature, natural and artificial antioxidants and other preserving methods and their effect on quality and pigment content. Nitrogen barrier is a …

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