# Meat giant acquires by-product and pet food ingredient supplier

> ABP's by-product division Advanced Proteins has acquired John Pointon and Sons' animal by-products business in Staffordshire, a site with 400,000 tonnes of capacity that renders fats, proteins and biomass fuels. ABP says operations will continue as usual.

- Date: 2020-01-23 · published 2020-01-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region UK · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/55206-meat-giant-acquires-by-product-and-pet-food-ingredient-supplier
- Commodities: [Meat & Bone Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MBM.md)

## Why it matters

The deal is an ownership change within UK rendering, with no clear effect on feed ingredient supply or prices.

## Sources

- foodmanufacture.co.uk: https://www.foodmanufacture.co.uk/Article/2020/01/23/Meat-giant-acquires-by-product-and-pet-food-ingredient-supplier/

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