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Europe’s feed industry is calling for a dedicated EU Protein Plan and stronger safeguards for feed supply chains, warning that dependence on imported proteins and feed additives could undermine food security.

COCERAL, FEDIOL and FEFAC say the European Commission’s latest EUDR Simplification Package fails to provide the legal certainty and practical simplifications needed by operators across agricultural supply chains.

As poultry feed production climbs to 49.9 million tons to officially unseat the pig sector as the EU’s primary segment, the industry must simultaneously grapple with a staggering 17.18% production crash in the Netherlands triggered by aggressive environmental mandates.

The European Feed Manufacturers’ Federation (FEFAC) has released the fifth edition of its Feed Sustainability Charter 2030 Progress Report, highlighting progress made across five core sustainability ambitions.