Fermentek and the mad cow.Some of our products are manufactured using beef extract and some other animal products. We only use absolutely safe products. These come from major manufacturers who use beef from "safe" countries only. A satisfactory "Certificate of Origin" can be given to any client who asks for. | 
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We make an effort to delete beef extract, along with any other ingredients from animal source, and replace it with safe natural substitutes.
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icon, when shown on our product-page, means that the product in
question is manufactured by Fermentek without any
animal-derived ingredients. Raw materials that are or may be routinely used in Fermentek
Name | Vendor |
Animal Ingredients; Country of origin
Comments |
Hydrolyzed casein ,
NZamin B,
NZamin AS |
SIGMA |
Bovine milk, Australia
porcine pancreatic enzyme. USA
Comment:
Enzymatic digest of casein. The casein used is derived from milk sourced from healthy animals in the same condition as milk collected for human consumption. |
| Beef extract |
DIFCO |
Bovine skeletal muscle; USA/Australia/New Zealand |
| Peptone G |
Acumedia |
Porcine skin;
Porcine pancreatic enzymes; USA/Canada |
| Beef extract |
Acumedia |
Bovine skeletal muscle, USA |
| Peptone S |
Acumedia |
Soy meal;
Porcine pancreatic enzymes, USA/Canada
Peptone S is hydrolyzed Soy protein. However the hydrolysis is carried out by enzymes from animal source.
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Glossary
TSE:
Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy: A family of fatal diseases caused by
prions. Characterized by dementia, and holes in the brain on autopsy. Can be transmitted between mammals when one mammal eats parts of the nervous system of another mammal.
BSE:
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy: The official name for Mad Cow Disease - the
TSE found in cattle.
Prion
Recently discovered infectious agent. Prion is neither a virus nor a bacterium, but an infectious protein which can induce a chain reaction which destroys nerve cells. Prions cannot be destroyed by most sterilization methods
CJD
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease: A human TSE.
Scrapie
A TSE occuring in sheep |
