China's Ministry of Agriculture announced feed testing results for 2011. The report says that quality of feed continued its trend of improvement in 2011. However, the report highlighted continuing problems with failure of compound feed and premixes to meet stated protein content. The results show that illegal substances like clenbuterol and melamine were detected in only a few samples, but the report notes that these illegal additives remain a "hidden danger."
Of 18,032 samples tested, 95.5 percent were found compliant with standards. The lowest compliance rates were found for premixes, especially for trace elements and vitamins.
The Ministry posted seven lists of companies whose feed failed tests. The first list contains 68 samples of various kinds of feeds in which heavy metals, aflatoxins and salmonella were detected. Other lists include companies supplying uncompliant fish meal, additives that failed to include vitamins stated on labels, companies supplying uncompliant imported feeds, imported pet food, and companies whose feed contained banned additives. A "black list" of imported feeds included companies from South Korea, Spain, Italy, the U.S., Switzerland, Belgium and France. The results reported a higher rejection rate for imported feeds than for domestic feeds.
Of 18,032 samples tested, 95.5 percent were found compliant with standards. The lowest compliance rates were found for premixes, especially for trace elements and vitamins.
The Ministry posted seven lists of companies whose feed failed tests. The first list contains 68 samples of various kinds of feeds in which heavy metals, aflatoxins and salmonella were detected. Other lists include companies supplying uncompliant fish meal, additives that failed to include vitamins stated on labels, companies supplying uncompliant imported feeds, imported pet food, and companies whose feed contained banned additives. A "black list" of imported feeds included companies from South Korea, Spain, Italy, the U.S., Switzerland, Belgium and France. The results reported a higher rejection rate for imported feeds than for domestic feeds.
| China 2011 Feed Testing Results | ||
| Description | Samples | Compliant |
| Number | Percent | |
| All feed samples | 18,032 | 95.51 |
| Commercial feed samples | 6,686 | |
| Compound feed | 2,469 | 98.06 |
| Concentrate feed | 1,117 | 96.51 |
| Additive and premix | 786 | 87.91 |
| Premix | 89.70 | |
| Trace elements in premix | 80.19 | |
| Vitamins | 81.63 | |
| Domestic feed additives | 591 | 96.62 |
| Imported feed additives | 203 | 91.13 |
| Animal-based feeds | 697 | 90.39 |
| Plant-based feed materials | 597 | 98.49 |
| Forbidden additives detected | samples (number) | samples detected (percent) |
| Production, marketing and users | 10,346 | |
| Malachite green | 440 | 0.45 |
| Clenbuterol | 4,795 | 0.91 |
| Melamine | 2,514 | 0.08 |
| Ractopamine | na | 0.00 |
| Salbutamol | na | 0.00 |
| Sudan red dye | na | 0.00 |
| Furazolidone | na | 0.00 |
| Diazepam | na | 0.00 |
| Diethylstilbestrol | na | 0.00 |
| Chloromycetin | na | 0.00 |
| samples | samples passed (percent) | |
| Feed label testing | 8,489 | 93.96 |
| Compound feed | 3,522 | 95.49 |
| Additives and premix | 888 | 95.61 |
| Domestic additives | 556 | 98.38 |
| Imported additives | 203 | 94.09 |
| Imported pet food | 199 | 98.99 |
| Domestic pet food | 27 | 96.30 |
| Animal-based feeds | 603 | 77.94 |
| Plant-based feed | 540 | 94.81 |
| Concentrate supplements | 1,431 | 98.32 |
| Heavy metals | Detected (percent) | |
| Lead | 4,055 | 0.25 |
| Cadmium | 2,514 | 0.16 |
| Fish meal chromium | 353 | 3.68 |
| Salmonella | 4,061 | 0.10 |
| AflatoxinB1 | 3,344 | 0.21 |
| Compliant (percent) |
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| Pet food imports | 199 | 99.50 |
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