Our commercial standards encompass the pillars that drive excellence across the agri-food and rendering industries. We cover the development of global markets and international trade policies, aligning with today’s evolving economic dynamics. We strengthen quality and biosecurity to safeguard products, supply chains, and, above all, consumers. In addition, through the APPI Code of Practice, we uphold the highest levels of compliance, transparency, and sector integrity. Together, these elements ensure world-class standards throughout the entire value chain.
Biosecurity measures are essential for ensuring the safety and quality of rendered products, particularly in livestock food production.
The Animal Protein Producers Industry (APPI) offers certification and educational programs to support premium animal feed production and enhance biosecurity practices.
By implementing best practices and adhering to industry standards, renderers can build consumer confidence and promote trust in their products.
The Animal Protein Producers Industry (APPI) administers comprehensive programs for Salmonella testing and surveillance, ensuring the safety and integrity of rendered animal proteins used in livestock, poultry, and pet food. Through collaboration with government agencies, academic institutions, and industry partners, APPI fosters open communication and knowledge sharing to enhance biosecurity, strengthen preventive controls, and support the production of safe, high-quality feed ingredients.
Achieving certification under APPI’s quality programs reflects a renderer’s dedication to food safety, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement in alignment with recognized industry best practices.
Overall, the rendering industry plays a pivotal role in multiple sectors, animal nutrition, pet food, aquaculture, and biosecurity, by transforming by-products into nutrient-rich, safe, and sustainable ingredients. Through ongoing research, innovation, and collaboration, renderers uphold the highest quality and safety standards, contributing to a more resilient and sustainable global food system.
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The North American Renderers Association (NARA) has offices in Alexandria, Virginia; Mexico City, Mexico; and Hong Kong, PRC, as well as representatives in multiple countries and regions worldwide.
Global staff and representatives work at the direction of the NARA's International Market Development Committee (IMDC). Members of this committee represent NARA's members who trade rendered products globally.
NARA's global staff and representatives work to facilitate the free trade of rendered proteins and fats for its member companies. Our global, proactive development programs encompass market access and promotion. We believe that free, fair, and unfettered trade is essential for the development of food, feed, pet food, oleochemical, and renewable energy markets worldwide.
Through its market development programs, NARA works in partnership with the United States Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service (USDA/FAS) to help exporters develop and maintain global markets for rendered products.
Exports are extremely important for the rendering industry. Almost twenty percent of U.S. rendered production is sold overseas to top markets including Mexico, China, Indonesia, Chile, Singapore, the European Union, and Canada. These exports generate U.S. jobs and support domestic prices.
NARA encourages free and open trade between countries and works with the U.S. government and international trading partners to expand export opportunities for rendered products. Maintaining current markets is also a priority since loss of foreign access can occur, often quickly, due to an animal disease outbreak, political conflict, or other reason.
The rendering industry supports foreign trade agreements that promote increased market access by reducing or eliminating import duties, quotas, and non-tariff barriers. Strong science-based sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) requirements are also important in these agreements.
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