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July 17, 2007
Sel-Plex® receives free choice
allowance
[Lexington, Kentucky] - Alltech's organic selenium,
Sel-Plex®, recently
received free choice allowance in livestock diets from the
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
This registration regulation allows producers and beef cattle owners to
offer the mineral in a loose granular form, providing a full range of feeding
applications. Sel-Plex is an organic selenium yeast produced by Saccharomyces
cerevisiae CNCM I-3060.
Selenium plays an important role in beef cattle diets. This nutrient supports
a healthy reproductive system, meat quality, and shelf life for beef products.
Sel-Plex is a unique form of selenium as it is presented in the same forms
that are naturally present in plants. Organic selenium is more digestible
than inorganic forms and better retained, which lets the animal build nutrient
reserves against periods of increased demand without risking toxicity.
This is not the first registration for this selenium. Alltech has been
the sole leader in the United States to submit data and petition the FDA
for this allowance. Selenium yeast has received allowance for use in chicken
diets, followed by turkey, swine, goat, sheep, equine, beef and dairy feeds,
and dog diets.
Sel-Plex also received authorization as a nutritional feed additive for
use in all species diets, from the European Union (EU) under EU regulation
1750/2006.
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