BRUSSELS, BELGIUM — European Feed Manufacturers Federation (FEFAC) President Patrick Vanden Avenne said on Feb. 8 that the E.U. cannot delay any longer in adopting the “technical solution” for imports of feed containing traces of GM events not yet approved in the region.
“The E.U. livestock sector, in particular the pig farmers, currently faces the most severe crisis for decades. At a time when livestock farmers are struggling with high feed costs due to record world price levels for cereals, we risk losing market access to the South American spring soybean crop with dramatic consequences for the supply of protein-rich feedstuffs due to the present E.U. zero-tolerance policy,” Avenne said.
“The E.U. livestock sector, in particular the pig farmers, currently faces the most severe crisis for decades. At a time when livestock farmers are struggling with high feed costs due to record world price levels for cereals, we risk losing market access to the South American spring soybean crop with dramatic consequences for the supply of protein-rich feedstuffs due to the present E.U. zero-tolerance policy,” Avenne said.
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