19.02.2015

Around 50,000 turkeys at Sietsema Farms, which is based in Allendale, were exposed to feed last August that was contaminated with Lascadoil. In addition, some 20,000 pigs located on the same farm were affected and 450 tons of turkey feed were lost as well.  Lascadoil is is used in the biofuel industry and  is a byproduct of the manufacture of the drug lasalocid (lasalocid is used to prevent coccidiosis in poultry, and is approved for use in sheep and cattle as well. It is not approved for use in swine) and trace amounts of the drug can be found in it. Shur Green Farms of Ohio eventually issued a voluntary recall of Lascadoil due to improper labeling.  On Sep. 11, 1,510 grams per ton of lasalocid was found in swine feed on the same farm. Lasalocid was also found in grease samples. It seems that the product was sold as Lascadoil, which is used in the biofuel industry, somehow it got labeled as soy oil and then got used as feed.