Market trends following fire at BASF feed additive plant

This weeks feed additives update looks at the market developments of Vitamin A, Vitamin B1, and Canthaxanthin after BASF force majeure. This week we’re covering 3 key products impacted by the August 7th fire at a BASF plant in Ludwigshafen, Germany. Following the incident, BASF declared a force majeure on the supply of alcoholate products – specifically sodium methylate, potassium methylate and sodium ethylate solutions and crystals – used as intermediates in a number of feed ingredient