USDA Approves Cargill’s Plant-Based Fish Oil Alternative

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved an\r\nomega-3 rich fish oil alternative produced by agriculture giant Cargill for\r\naquafeed use in the US, the company said.

Cargill has been developing its Lattitude brand fish oil\r\nalternative since 2010. Its teams in Great Falls, Montana, Fort Collins,\r\nColorado, and Blair, Nebraska, have been busy readying to produce large-scale\r\nquantities of genetically modified canola, which will be processed into the oil\r\nfor use in aquafeed.

""This approval means we are on target to deliver\r\nLatitude, our sustainable, fish oil alternative made from canola oilseeds to\r\naquaculture farmers and feed manufacturers. It represents another key step in\r\ncreating a global supply chain that can meet a critical environmental challenge,"\r\nMark Christiansen, the managing director for Cargill's specialty oils business,\r\nsaid in a press release. 

Cargill has worked to commercialize the technology, which\r\nwas originally developed by German chemical company BASF.

"We are committed to excellence in meeting the\r\nextensive regulatory and stewardship requirements that accompany a new,\r\ngenetically-optimized crop, and to assuring strict adherence to all applicable\r\nregulations," Ralph Paulini, vice president of regulatory &\r\nstewardship for seeds & traits at BASF, said in a press release. "Our\r\nefforts are validated with the USDA deregulation of Cargill's omega-3\r\ncanola."

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Cargill, along with many other ag\r\ncompanies and a host of startups, has worked in recent years toward\r\ndeveloping fishmeal and fish oil alternatives to reduce the need for anchovy\r\nand other feeder fish to provide fish oil that many farmed species\r\nrequire. 

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