With Europe's ban on antibiotic usage for growth promotion in livestock and new voluntary standards in the U.S., the antibiotic share of the feed additive market will shrink considerably. A likely result will be new innovation in various other additives from acidifiers to enzymes. Feed Additives Future Last week we reported on California Governor Gerry Brown's veto of a bill passed by the California legislature that would ban antibiotics in animal feed. As noted, Brown took this action because the legislation did not go further than the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) feed directive to which most companies plan to adhere. However, it brings up the question of what might be ahead for the feed market should antibiotics be additi...

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