Food waste to animal feed / edited by Michael L. Westendorf.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Westendorf, Michael L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food waste as feed--Congresses.

Animal feeding--Congresses.

Animal feeding.

Food waste as feed.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xi, 298 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Ames, Iowa : Iowa State University Press, [2000]

Summary:

By analyzing everything from the composition to the regulation of waste products, Food Waste to Animal Feed provides a comprehensive look at the entire process of converting unused waste into a safe and efficient animal food product. Contributors to Food Waste to Animal Feed cover a number of areas, including Food Residuals: Waste Product, By-product or Co-product; The Economics of Feeding Processed Food Waste to Swine; and Concerns When Feeding Food Waste to Livestock. The amount of food waste will only increase with time. Readers looking to make a difference can begin with Food Waste to Animal Feed.

Contents:

1 Food Waste as Animal Feed: An Introduction / Michael L. Westendorf 3

2 Food Residuals: Waste Product, By-product, or Coproduct / Paul Walker 17

3 Regulation of Food-waste Feeding: The Federal Perspective / Daniel G. McChesney 31

4 Regulation of Food-waste Feeding / Roger D. Hoestenbach 43

5 The History and Enforcement of the Swine Health Protection Act / Arnold C. Taft, Ernest W. Zirkle, Bonnie A. Altizio 51

6 Food Waste as Swine Feed / Michael L. Westendorf 69

7 The Economics of Feeding Processed Food Waste to Swine / Felix J. Spinelli, Barbara Corso 91

8 Dehydrated Restaurant Food Waste as Swine Feed / R. O. Myer, J. H. Brendemuhl, D. D. Johnson 113

9 Case Studies in Utilizing Food-processing By-products as Cattle and Hog Feed / H. W. Harpster 145

10 Sweetpotatoes and Associated By-products as Feeds for Beef Cattle / Matthew H. Poore, Glenn M. Rogers, Barbara L. Ferko-Cotten, Jonathan R. Schultheis 163

11 The Use of Food Waste as a Feedstuff for Ruminants / Paul Walker 185

12 Concerns When Feeding Food Waste to Livestock / Daniel G. McChesney 227

13 Rendering Food Waste / Don A. Franco, Gary Pearl 241

14 Concerns with the Use of Nontraditional Feed Wastes and By-products / Perry J. Durham 249

Appendix A (U.S. and Canadian Feed Regulatory Agencies and U.S. State Feed Control Officials) 257

Appendix B (The 1998 Amended Swine Health Protection Act) 264.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-285) and index.

ISBN:

0813825407

OCLC:

44764028