Part 1 Developing animal products
1.Techniques for identifying new animal feed ingredients and additives: Jordi Ortuño, Institute of Global Food Security – Queen’s University Belfast, UK; Alexandros Ch. Stratakos, Centre for Research in Biosciences – University of the West of England, UK; and Katerina Theodoridou, Institute of Global Food Security – Queen’s University Belfast, UK;
2.Effect of processing techniques on the quality of animal feed: Dennis Forte, Dennis Forte & Associates Pty Ltd, Australia;
3.Processing techniques to optimize digestibility and nutritional value of animal feed: Charles Stark, Kansas State University, USA;
4.Trends in analytical techniques for testing animal feed: F. Debode, J. A. Fernández Pierna, M. C. Lecrenier, P. Veys, O. Fumiere, O. Minet, A. Pissard, J. Hulin, N. Chamberland, and V. Baeten, Walloon Agricultural Research Center (CRA-W), Belgium;
Part 2 Quality and safety assurance
5.Developments in techniques to test the efficacy of animal feed products: Gerhard Flachowsky and Ulrich Meyer, Institute of Animal Nutrition – Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI), Germany;
6.Advances in understanding key contamination risks in animal feed: mycotoxins: Luciano Pinotti, Luca Ferrari, Nicoletta Rovere, Francesca Fumagalli, Sharon Mazzoleni and Federica Cheli, University of Milan, Italy;
7.Risk management systems for prevention and control of contaminants in animal feed: Regiane R. Santos, Schothorst Feed Research, The Netherlands;
8.Developing effective product dossiers for regulatory approval of new animal feed products: Manfred Lützow, saqual Gmb H, Switzerland;

A chemical engineering graduate of the RMIT, Dennis Forte spent ten years with the MARS Corporation. During this time he was involved in both process and product development roles within the areas of Confectionery, Canned Pet Food and Dry Pet Food Extrusion Technologies. He is now practicing as an Independent Engineering Consultant to the food industry, providing technical support, design expertise and training to a broad range of manufacturers.