Page 19 - RenderFeb26
P. 19
with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Food and
D-Colorado, who raised similar concerns earlier in the year.
bipartisan recognition of rendering as the largest organic
Fuel Markets
of renewable fuels. NARA publicly supported EPA’s proposal Renewable Fuel Standard, which will secure long-term market certainty for rendered fats used in biodiesel and renewable
In June, the EPA announced its Set 2 proposal that
Another important development this past year was the and the amount of tax credit to life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions performance.
While the credit is now being used by clean fuel producers, including those relying on rendered fats as feedstocks, Alliance America.
The biomass-based diesel market faced challenges in 2025 the spring of 2026, providing greater regulatory clarity for
www.rendermagazine.com
value-added tax on imported feed ingredients.
of the U.S. Trade Representative in advance of the 2025 United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement review, arguing that the tax undermines fair treatment, market access and places U.S. renderers and their Mexican supply chain partners
tax disrupts a cross-border value chain that U.S. processors, Mexican importers, feed mills and their shared customers depend on, and it urged USTR to improve monitoring, enforcement of compliance and regulatory alignment with Mexico. Dana Downing, NARA’s senior vice president of
partnership with Kemin Industries in Des Moines, Iowa. This
finished product testing, recall procedures and practical
The training underscored the importance of compliance, collaboration and ongoing professional development,
Analysis
baseline environmental data for the sector. The data will be
Continued on page 18
Render 17
