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Charcoal in animal feed
Activated charcoal has been used in farming as fertile or animal feed.

Activated charcoal itself has the ability of toxin-binding which activated charcoal claimed to help the animal’s digestive system. Activated charcoal is mixed in water or animal feed in small amounts which don’t cause any harm to animal. The benefits of adding charcoal in animal feed is to help animals gain better nutrition and lower the animal waste smell. It’s also claimed to help animals to gain weight and create more produced.

Ban of charcoal usage in animal feed
In 2012, the Association of American Feed Control Officials listed that the addition and manufacture of plant-base activated charcoal for feeding purposes is illegal. As this rule, activated charcoal is never list to be defined as a feed ingredient, but rather it is defined in physical terms by AAFCO as “dark-colored porous forms of carbon made from the organic parts of vegetable or animal substances by their incomplete combustion.”

External Link
http://earthwisegardening.com/?p=235 http://www.charcoalremedies.com/animals/animal_feed https://www.progressivedairy.com/topics/feed-nutrition/charcoal-powder-as-a-feed-ingredient-whats-the-status