Indonesia OKs PetroAlgae protein co-product as animal feed and for importation

Jakarta, Indonesia | October 28, 2009 by D-8 Secretariat

Indonesia has approved PetroAlgae protein for importation, and used as a raw material in animal feed

In Indonesia, the national government has approved PetroAlgae protein for importation, and use as a raw material in animal feed in Indonesia, after the Ministry of Agriculture completed testing. According to a statement by PetroAlgae, “Licensees of the PetroAlgae production system will be expected to follow the Guidance and Procedures for the Registration of Animal Feed in Indonesia.”

The protein is a co-product of PetroAlgae’s core bio-crude (renewable fuel feedstock) production system, using a variety of microcrops but currently commercializing a production system based on lemna. The announcement clears the way not only for PetroAlgae operations in Indonesia, but in neighboring countries which would utilize Indonesia as a secondary market for the protein co-product.

D-8 has successfully held the First Meeting of D-8 Working Group on Animal Feed (WGAF) in Surabaya, Indonesia, on 7-8 October 2009. The Meeting was aimed to follow up animal feed initiative as agreed at the D-8 Ministerial Meeting on Food Security held in February 2009 in Kuala Lumpur. The Ministerial Meeting appointed Indonesia and Malaysia as prime movers of the D-8 initiatives on Animal Feed.

D-8 experts in animal feed sectors exerted utmost effort in resolving issues of common interest in technology sharing and trade facilitation in response to the  increasing world demand on Animal Feed and to support local agriculture activities in D-8 countries.

The Working Group also emphasized the main objective of enhancing the cooperation between the public and private sectors of the D-8 member countries in animal feed, including R & D, exchange of information and  boosting animal feed production.

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