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The Revised Standard for Animal Feed Safety Incorporates Polymerase Chain Reaction Test for Better Results and to Save Animals’ Lives
New Delhi – Following recommendations by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India, the Bureau of Indian Standards’ Animal Husbandry, Feeds and Equipment subcommittee – which oversees animal husbandry, feed, and equipment – has replaced a cruel test on guinea pigs used for detecting and identifying pathogenic organisms, which make feed unfit for animal consumption when present. The standard “Methods of Tests for Animal Feeds and Feeding Stuffs, Part 3: Microbiological Methods” has been approved by the Food and Agriculture Division Council, which is under the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.