The feed industry purchases instruments in a big way

Since October 30th, 2012, when the issue entitled "Experts predict that the feed equipment procurement in the feed industry will present 'blowouts'", many instrument manufacturers have called up and, in addition to inquiring about national policy preferences, they also expressed the degree of implementation of national policies for feed production enterprises. And reservations about the purchasing power of analytical instruments.

In order to prevent some feed production enterprises from adopting fraudulent means of borrowing or diverting detection instruments to obtain production licenses, when reviewing feed production enterprises, they will be required to issue inspection equipment purchase invoices. Companies that do not have invoices must issue fixed assets to finance. Detailed accounts, physical assets of fixed assets and fixed asset cards confirm that the testing equipment is owned by the company itself.

When it is found that the testing equipment is borrowed or embezzled by a company, it will impose a fine of RMB 5-10 million on it and may not apply for a production license again within three years. Compared with the fine and clear out of the feed industry, the cost of purchasing a testing instrument (the instruments involved include high performance liquid chromatography, atomic absorption spectrophotometer, UV-Vis spectrophotometer, three-coarse measurement instrument, and e-sky equality) is the lowest. .

Many instrument manufacturers are not optimistic about the market sales prospects of high-priced analytical instruments in feed companies. The reasons are summarized as follows:

1. The national policy requires that feed companies be equipped with more than two full-time feed inspection laboratory technicians and require that they not only have professional qualification certificates but also pass written examinations and practical tests. Practical operation is provided by the expert audit team to provide blind samples, not only to see the operative's operation, but also to compare the results. This has certain requirements for the performance and configuration of the testing equipment, which will prompt the feed company to consider buying high-quality and stable-performance instruments when purchasing the equipment.

2. According to the person in charge, the latest “Feed Quality and Safety Management Regulations” will require the feed company to conduct self-inspection on a weekly basis and report the self-inspection results to the relevant organization every three months. Correction, if not reported on time, the feed company will become a fixed sampling target;

3. When applying for the batch number of feed products, the company is required to have a report of self-inspection or inspection, and the inspection results are reviewed by the designated feed inspection agency. The person in charge said that general enterprises will not submit inspections, because a product of a feed company must inspect three batches, and it will cost about 3,000 yuan in the inspection of the spectrum or feed veterinary drugs. If it is multiple products, it will cost more. Enterprises should self-inspection, and the results of self-inspection should be reviewed. This has higher requirements for the testing personnel and testing equipment of feed companies and avoid occurrence of discrepancies between the two test results;

4. It is mandatory under the national policy that the production equipment for composite premix and trace element premix production enterprises should reach 2.5t/h, and the production capacity of vitamin premix should reach 1t/h. The production enterprises of concentrated feed, compound feed and refined supplements Equipment to achieve 10t / h, according to work 8 hours a day, 365 days of work (usually these manufacturers do not have a strict Saturday), these feeds are accounted for at market prices, the annual value of feed companies will not be less than 10 million. It is more cost-effective for companies to purchase a better-performing instrument that can be used for many years;

5. The "Licensing Conditions for Feed Production Enterprises" not only requires inspection instruments, but also imposes strict requirements on the relevant production equipment, plant environment, warehouses, and building area (see Permit Conditions for related issues). Million yuan of production equipment compared to tens of thousands of testing equipment is only a small sum of money;

6. Instrument Information Network randomly interviewed a feed production company named Beijing Ferdy Feed Technology Co., Ltd. According to the interviewee, the company has an annual output of 20,000 tons, which belongs to medium-sized feed production enterprises and mainly produces feed additive premixes. Materials and feed additives, Shimadzu has been equipped with high performance liquid chromatography for 5-6 years. It can be seen that the feed manufacturer is capable of purchasing mid-range and even high-end analytical instruments.

In conclusion, the study concluded that the “License Conditions for Feed Production Enterprises” and “Licensing Conditions for Mixed Feed Additive Manufacturers” promulgated by the Ministry of Agriculture will set off a wave of equipment purchases in the feed industry, and the ability of feed manufacturers to purchase analytical instruments has previously been greater. The degree of underestimation.