Poultry Industry News: European Union
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Auditors Organic Report - A Model for EU Regulation?ANALYSIS - The European Commission is to tighten up on controls on marketing of organic foods across the EU to ensure a fair and even handed approach, writes Chris Harris. ...
Friday, June 22, 2012
Risk Assessment of GM AnimalsEU - The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has launched a public consultation on its draft guidance for the environmental risk assessment (ERA) of GM animals. ...
Thursday, June 21, 2012
EC Steps Up Action to Enforce Ban on Un-enriched CagesEU - The European Commission has stepped up its action against countries that are not complying with the ban on un-enrished cages for laying hens. ...
VION Reorganises Food ActivitiesEU - Food producer VION Food Group has gone through an intensive review of its long-term strategic vision of “Balancing the Future” in recent months...
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Good Week for Green Agriculture and WelfareEU - The EU agriculture Ministers have decided to work for better animal welfare in the future and have endorsed both a proposal for the combating antimicrobial resistance and the progress report on the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy ....
NFU Support for Proportionate CAP FinesEU - European Parliament proposals to introduce more proportionate control and punishment for farmers that fall foul of CAP rules are a step in the right direction, the NFU said. ...
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Biomin Energizes Phytogenics Business AUSTRIA & GERMANY - Animal nutrition company, Biomin, has finalised the acquisition and integration of the German-based phytogenic feed additive and feed flavourings company, Micro-Plus. ...
Monday, June 18, 2012
EU Council Supports Simplified Animal Welfare LegislationEU - The European Commission has reviewed current animal welfare legislation and has called for a simplified EU legislative framework. At the 2176th Agriculture and Fisheries Council meeting, the Council has welcomed the ongoing work by the Commission...
Probiotics Help Beat Campylobacter in ChickensEU - In the search to find ways to reduce the transmission of foodborne disease from poultry products, researchers in Spain and Finland have found that probiotic products used by humans helped to reduce colonisation of the chicken gut with Campylobacter...
Sustainable Feed Essential for Competitive LivestockEU - The EU Agenda 2020 flagship initiative on Resource Efficiency is a key business driver for the European compound feed industry. Feed is the most important single factor for the sustainable development of livestock and aquaculture production. Feed...
Friday, June 15, 2012
Support for Young Farmers - A Political Priority for the FutureEU - Despite EU and Member State initiatives, the farming population is getting older and the number of young farmers in the EU is still rapidly decreasing, according to a report produced by the European Commission....
EU Feed Industry Commits to SustainabilityEU - The European compound feed industry must increase resource efficiency and add value for customers, said the European Compound Feed Manufacturers’ Federation (FEFAC) in its second edition of the FEFAC Environment Report....
Wednesday, June 06, 2012
Measures Proposed to Ensure Green Transition EU - At EU Farm Ministers Informal Meeting, which focused on enabling the EU agri-food sector to contribute to a green transition of our modern economy, Copa-Cogeca outlined measures to ensure green growth in the future under the Common Agricultural Policy...
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Scottish and Irish Unions Unite in CAP Budget CallSCOTLAND & IRELAND - In a bilateral meeting between NFU Scotland and the Irish Farmers Association, both Presidents called on their respective Governments and MEPs to ensure that the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) budget for both the Single Farm Payment...
Monday, May 28, 2012
Promoting Farmers, Co-ops in the Food ChainEU - Copa-Cogeca welcomed a new report by the European Competition Network on the analysis of their activities on the food sector, which highlights the need to strengthen farmers and agri-cooperatives positioning in the food chain....
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Assessing Safety of Enterococcus faecium in FeedEU - The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has developed pioneering guidance for the safety assessment of one of the most common probiotics used in animal feed, Enterococcus faecium....
Thursday, May 17, 2012
EU to Lift Ban on Thai Poultry Meat ImportsEU - On 3 April 2012, the EU supported the European Commission's draft proposal to lift its ban on raw chicken imports from Thailand with effect from 1 July 2012. ...
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
EU Moves to End Misuse of Religious Exemptions to StunningEU - At the Agriculture and Fisheries Council this week, the Swedish delegation briefed the Council on the enforcement of the general requirement to stun animals before slaughter....
Cutting Animal Transport Time Just the StartEU - The welfare of animals in transport must be improved, but cutting transport time to eight hours must be supplemented by other measures, such as support for local slaughterhouses and meat processing plants, upgrading transport vehicles and full and...
Wednesday, May 09, 2012
French President-Elect Will Defend CAP BudgetFRANCE and EU - François Hollande's defeat of Nicholas Sarkozy in the French presidential run-off has sparked debates about how agriculture and the wider economy will be impacted. ...
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Call for EU-wide Fair Play in Grocery ChainEU - A new report has backed up calls for an effective adjudicator to police the UK Groceries Supply Chain Code of Practice. ...
Monday, April 23, 2012
Excessive Bureaucracy under EU SubsidiesEU - Danish Farm Minister and President in-office of the EU Farm Council, Ms Mette Gjerskov, highlighted the need for EU farmers to be able to compete in the marketplace at a major debate at Copa-Cogeca’s meeting for Presidents from the 27 member states...
Export Refunds for Egg Products Reduced to ZeroEU - The Single Common Market Organisation (CMO) Management Committee for animal products took a number of votes on 19th April. In each case there was a "non avis" (ie neither a qualified majority of Memebr states was in favour, nor against) which means...
Short Supply Chains Increase Farm ReturnsEU - Copa-Cogeca has welcomed the debate at the EU Commission Conference on Local Agriculture and Short Food Supply Chains, claiming short supply chain networks or local sales networks help farmers to get a better return for their produce from the market...
Thursday, April 19, 2012
EU Welfare Regulations and the Law of Unintended ConsequencesANALYSIS – EU regulations banning battery cages for laying hens and sow stalls have much to commend them but the impacts on the market may have been overlooked or underestimated, writes senior editor, Jackie Linden....
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