EU experts debate ban on citrus pulp


By FWi staff


EUROPEAN Union scientific experts will decide today whether to ban imports of Brazilian citrus pulp, after fears that it contains unacceptably high levels dioxin, a known carcinogen.


German scientists last month linked a shipment of Brazilian citrus pulp with high levels of dioxin in milk. Citrus pulp is used as an ingredient for cattle feed and the scare prompted some merchants to stop selling it in the UK three weeks ago.


The Netherlands, Belgium and the southwestern German state of Baden-Württemberg have already banned citrus pulp. Now scientists will decide whether to extend that ban to the whole of the EU.


Meanwhile, the market for other ruminant straights remains quiet – largely because of a quiet trade in the run-up to the Bank Holiday.


There were only three movers on the UK market: Domestic rapeseed meal gained £1 to £94/ tonne and domestic maize gluten eased £4 to £84/ tonne. Distillers dried pellets are back on the market at £114/ tonne after being withdrawn for almost a month.


All other feed ingredients are available at last weeks prices.






PRICES



w/e 6 May, 1998













































  Oil
(%)
CP
(%)
DCP
(%)
Fibre
(%)
Ash
(%)
Calc ME
(MJ/kg DM)
Spot
price (£/t)
Dry matter
(DM %)
Energy
cost (p/MJ)
DCP
cost (p/g)
Brewers grains
(20t tipped)
7.724.518.417.04.511.714.00240.500.03
Citrus pulp
pellets/meal
3.07.04.013.07.012.5WDN900.620.19
Distillers dried
Home-prod pellets
7.534.026.08.54.014.0114.00900.900.05
Distillers dried
Imported meal
7.028.022.09.44.013.5101.00900.830.05
Fishmeal, pure
2 t lot bags
10.073.071.00.917.714.9515.00903.840.08
Maize gluten
Home-prod pellets
4.020.017.08.07.013.084.00900.750.06
Maize gluten
Home-prod meal
3.020.017.08.07.013.079.00900.720.05
Maize gluten
Imported pell/meal
3.020.017.08.07.013.082.00900.700.05
Molasses (cane) 5.04.25 8.012.799.30751.040.31
Molasses (Molmax) 16.013.6 8.011.586.80680.910.08
Palm kernel expell
meal – Malindo
8.515.512.020.04.012.7WDN900.000.00
Rapeseed meal
Home-produced
2.540.034.012.08.012.094.00900.870.03
Soya bean meal Hi pro1.7752.045.04.57.013.5149.00901.230.04
Soya bean meal
Brazilian 48% pell/meal
1.6652.045.06.07.013.5WDN900.000.00
Supergrains
(20-25t tipped)
10.032.025.016.01.514.020.00260.550.03
Sugar beet pulp dried
Home-prod mol pell
0.611.08.013.58.012.589.00900.790.12
Sugar beet pulp dried
Imported mol pellets
0.411.08.013.58.012.5n/a900.000.00
Sugar beet pulp dried
Imported unmol pellets
0.59.07.518.08.012.5n/a900.000.00
Vitagold (25t tipped)10.034.026.011.03.014.528.00350.550.03
Wheatfeed pellets4.517.014.58.05.012.574.00880.67z0.06


Source: KW Agriculture


  • WDN = withdrawn
  • CP=crude protein
  • DCP=digestible crude protein
  • Unless otherwise stated, prices refer to 10t bulk blown deliveries within 50-mile radius of store
  • Energy cost and DCP cost are to demonstrate the value of the particular commodity



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