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Contents
Features
8 All About Africa
NARA’s collaboration with stakeholders in Africa has the potential to open up fresh markets for rendered products, generating a win-win outcome as new imports of U.S. fat and protein could help grow pet food, livestock and aquaculture industries in the region.
14 Circular Economy: From Land to Sea, More Space for Animal Proteins
At its Rome conference, Assograssi called for the removal of restrictions on the use of PAPs from ruminants in aquaculture and a review of the constraints on their use in animal nutrition related to the BSE crisis over 20 years ago.
17 EFPRA 2025 Congress Held in Latvia
22 Renderers Engage With Lawmakers During Fly-In
24 Reflections From the NARA Central Region Convention
Render
The Official Publication of NARA August 2025
August 2025 Volume 54, Number 4
All About Africa
Assograssi Calls for More Space for Animal Proteins
Latvia Hosts EFPRA Congress
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Departments
6 View From Washington “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” Is Now Law
7 Newsline
19 From the Association
Tariff Tensions and Trade Promotion:
A Tumultuous Summer for Global Markets
26 Biofuels Bulletin Turning Point
29 Milestones
30 Labor and the Law
Workplace Recordings and Eavesdropping: Limiting Criminal and Legal Liabilities
33 People, Places and ... 36 Mark Your Calendar
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