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Annual Report 2017-2018
Annual Report2017-2018
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Content
3 Foreword
4-5 FEFAC 63rd Public General Assembly
6 European Protein Plan
7 Renewable Energy Directive II
8 Feed Safety
9 Environmental Footprinting
10 Animal Nutrition
11-14 Statistics
15 Responsible Soy
16 Code of Conduct Agricultural Data
17 Circular Economy
18 Medicated feed
19 FEFAC Mission
20-21 FEFAC Network
22 Organisation Chart, Praesidium, Secretariat
23 National Associations Joining FEFAC
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The FEFAC Annual Report 2017-2018 marks my first year as FEFAC President. It has been a very exciting year for me and I want to thank the FEFAC members for helping me fulfil my task as the political head of the European Compound Feed Industry. I have been able to experience first-hand how important and valuable the input of the FEFAC member associations is in the functioning of our European association.
My priority has been delivering on the FEFAC Vision 2030 that was initiated during the Presidency of my predecessor Ruud Tijssens. The FEFAC Animal Feed Industry 2030 Vision was adopted in 2016 and it is good to see our shift from a defensive to a proactive approach is actually delivering results during my term. We have continued to place the feed industry at the heart of the solutions that can address societal concerns linked to livestock production. Two examples, you will read more about on the next pages, are the role of animal nutrition in farm animal health management and the feed industry’s contribution to making the European Protein Plan a success, which were the main topics at our recent Public General Assembly in Lyon, France.
As always, feed safety remains FEFAC’s first priority and we have continued to engage with DG SANTE and the public and private control authorities to ensure that we all work together to improve processes and build capacity in this area.
There should be no doubt that feed safety is a common objective for the public and the private sector and cooperation is nothing less than logical and sensible. FEFAC is committed to being a responsible partner for public authorities when it comes to facilitating the interaction.
On the topic of sustainability, FEFAC delivered on the Vision with the publication of the PEFCR Feed for Food-Producing Animals in May 2018 as well as the GFLI Database in June 2018. This has been a monumental effort by those involved. It is easy to completely drown in the technical specifications when you are not an LCA expert, but do not underestimate how strong a signal the European Compound Feed Industry has sent out with the delivery of those environmental footprinting tools. It means that we want to firstly objectively calculate the environmental impact of our activities and then transparently demonstrate objectively and verifiably how we can improve. We are showing mature awareness of our share of the environmental footprint of animal products and we are ready to take up the demand for feed formulation considering emission reduction targets.
The FEFAC Soy Sourcing Guidelines are another item we would typically classify as a sustainability initiative, but to me it has become a lot more. We are increasingly required to show commitment to sustainable farming practices in the countries
from where we source our feed materials and we have witnessed this year that policy makers can lose faith in entire commodities following sustained negative media reporting. We cannot hide from the fact that soy is earmarked as a “forest risk commodity” and the Soy Sourcing Guidelines are our best guarantee to ensure the legal compliance of soy products imported to the EU and pre-empt restricted market access as a result of environmental concerns.
In this sense, the borders between sustainability and adhering to legal requirements are fading. It is time to stop seeing the work on sustainability as an add-on module going beyond EU legal requirements, given that legislation on all environmental elements of feed production could be introduced if the political desire is there. With 17 responsible soy schemes successfully passing the ITC benchmarking process as of July 2018, FEFAC has actively engaged with both upstream and downstream partners in the soy value chain in its ambition to reach a mainstream market supply of responsible soy, including soy farmer organisations in the United States, Brazil and Argentina. During the remainder of my Presidency, I will make it a priority to encourage food production and retail industries to engage with FEFAC as the stepping stone in the road towards achieving zero deforestation targets.
Nick Major, FEFAC President
Delivering the FeFAC 2030 vision
Foreword
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Following some successful advocacy work of FEFAC in the past couple of years, there is no doubt now that animal nutrition can play a role in enhancing the health of farm animals. The symposium on day 1 of the Public General Assembly explored where this role fits in with the ambition to reduce antimicrobial resistance (AMR) as well as its place in the legal framework. Laurent Larivière (French Ministry of Agriculture & Food) presented the results of the national action plan to reduce AMR (Ecoantibio). He reported a 37% overall decrease in veterinary usage of antibiotics in France between 2012 and 2016 as a direct effect of the implementation of Ecoantibio, while also the use of critical antibiotics, such as colistin
and fluoroquinolones, have gone down significantly. Larivière pointed to the inclusion of feed quality as one of the success factors in the French One-Health approach to strengthen the resilience of farm animals, together with biosecurity, modern housing and hygiene.
Wolfgang Trunk (European Commission – DG SANTE) presented the legislator perspective aiming at providing an appropriate legal framework that stimulates the development of innovative feed solutions in support of the welfare of healthy animals. He provided several examples of practical innovative feed solutions fitting well with the present legal framework, while suggesting a scope for some
fine-tuning of the legislation to overcome potential conflicts with veterinary medicine legislation. Trunk highlighted the particular nature of nutritional solutions in having an indirect impact on animal health, for example through the modulation of intestinal microflora of an animal, which works beneficial to fighting unwanted bacteria. He also reported on the outcome of the political negotiations on the recasting of the EU Medicated Feed Regulation, which were concluded the day before and are a key element in the EU action plan to bring down antimicrobial resistance.
Professor Leo den Hartog (Nutreco) gave a detailed lecture about the importance of boosting the disease resistance of farm animals and prevention of pathogen intake via feed or drinking water through nutritional solutions and use of feed additives (including acidification of drinking water) to induce a reduced need for veterinary treatment. He paid particular attention to steering the intestinal health through, for example, microbiota management and improved gut integrity. He reminded that feed solutions can only work when they are part of an integrated approach, while the mode of action of feed additives still requires further exploration.
63rd FeFAC Public general Assembly
On 20-21 June 2018, the 63rd FEFAC General Assembly took place at the Domaine Saint Joseph in Lyon, France. The two days had their own dedicated topic. On 20 June 2018, a Symposium on animal nutrition solutions to animal health and animal welfare challenges was held. 21 June 2018 allowed for a Reflection day on the future EU Protein strategy “CAP post 2020”. The event gathered around 160 participants from across the EU and beyond and was co-organised by EUROFAC, the French FEFAC member association.
symPosium on AnimAl nutrition solutions to AnimAl heAlth AnD AnimAl welFAre ChAllenges
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63rd FeFAC Public general Assembly
The key note speech on the day dedicated to the European Protein Plan was delivered by Jens Schaps (DG AGRI - European Commission - Director Markets & Observatories). He thanked FEFAC for its contributions during the drafting process (e.g. workshops, public consultation) and highlighted that the level of success for the European Protein Plan depends to a great extent on whether the European feed industry is able to incorporate the cultivated protein crops into feed formulations. Schaps expressed his hope for protein crops to become part of crop rotation systems of farmers, while equally important market demand (such as feed use) is present to ensure profitability. The European Protein Plan will attempt to provide a blueprint of options that can inspire Member States to encourage the production of vegetable protein at national level within their CAP Strategic Plans. Javier Valle (Copa-Cogeca) pointed to the need for a plan that secures long-term support for plant protein production in terms of investment, innovation & research throughout the value chain in order to help European farmers face with global competition for vegetable protein, particularly soybean meal.
Marc Cornelissen (European Technology Platform Plants for the Future) presented the potential for the crop breeding sector to deliver solutions to improve the cultivation of protein crops in Europe. Despite the promise of new breeding techniques, he reminded the participants that crop breeding remains a lengthy research and development process with many potential decision traps before new varieties can be brought to market. He argued for concerted investments in one or two specific crops to come up with a competitive deliverable in approximately 15 years.
David Gouache (Terres Inovia) provided more insights from a breeder’s perspective and stressed
that the inconvenience for farmers to grow protein crops should not be underestimated, while also the tendency of stagnating protein concentrations in European cereals is a reason of concern for the capacity to increase self-sufficiency. FEFAC President Nick Major welcomed the initiative of a European Protein Plan; he, however, stressed that in terms of building the sustainable European protein supply, the work on responsible sourcing should not be neglected.
reFleCtion DAy on the Future eu Protein strAtegy “CAP Post 2020”
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european Protein Plan – Building in the Animal nutrition Dimension
The European Protein Plan was announced by European Commissioner for Agriculture & Rural Development, Mr Phil Hogan, at the XXVIII FEFAC Congress in Cordoba, Spain, in June 2017. FEFAC contributed to the DG AGRI public consultation held in March 2018 and was invited to provide industry experts for two out of the three expert workshops held so far. The European Commission expressed its gratitude to FEFAC for contributing to the ongoing drafting process at the 63rd FEFAC Public General Assembly in Lyon.
FEFAC has drawn attention to the concept of protein quality from an animal nutrition dimension, which determines the value and suitability of vegetable protein in feed. The amino acid profile of a protein source is a crucial parameter, as are digestibility, protein concentration, nutrient density and the need to reduce the presence of anti-nutrients. From a nutritional perspective, imported soybean meal remains a vital source of vegetable proteins, as it scores high on all protein quality parameters as well as competitiveness. From a feed material sourcing perspective there are, however, good opportunities to further boost the production
of vegetable proteins in Europe, including oilseeds for biofuel production providing high-value protein meals, even though the EU will not be able to achieve self-sufficiency in the foreseeable future.
Animal nutrition science has a dynamic role in providing farm animals with essential amino acids. Improved efficiency rates have already allowed for more optimal use of available proteins, for example through improved processing techniques reducing nutrient leakage, reduced security margins as well as phase feeding linked to the age and growth cycle of the farm animals.
The increased use of synthetic amino acids has allowed to further increase efficiency of proteins, resulting in a substantial reduction of raw protein levels in compound feed for all animal species. FEFAC has called to be vigilant about potential trade-offs on environmental impacts, for example phosphate emissions, when selecting different vegetable protein sources.
The outcome of the Commission market study in the context of the European Protein Plan will be presented at the high-level EU conference on 22-23 November 2018 in Vienna, Austria.
In the development of a comprehensive European Protein Plan, the European feed industry is seen by DG AGRI as a crucial stakeholder as it represents the biggest user of protein in the EU. In the past year, FEFAC has highlighted the importance of including animal nutrition science as a key driver for the demand of high quality and digestible vegetable plant protein sources in order to increase the value potential of EU protein sources for the compound feed sector.
renewable energy Directive ii – guaranteed contribution of crop-based biofuels until 2030
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renewable energy Directive ii – guaranteed contribution of crop-based biofuels until 2030
The contribution of crop-based biofuels to the renewable energy targets of the transport sector was one of the core issues during the political discussions and negotiations on the Renewable Energy Directive II. The protein concentrates that result from the crushing of oilseed crops such as rapeseed and sunflower for biodiesel and the distillation of cereals for bioethanol make an essential contribution to fulfil the protein requirements of the European livestock sector.
For FEFAC, the main achievement was reached when it became clear that none of the EU Institutions
called for a complete phase-out of 1st generation biofuels. The final compromise of capping the contributions at Member State level of 2020 +1% will guarantee the sourcing of protein meals from crop-based biofuels until 2030. Within the context of the European Protein Plan, this contribution should be fully integrated into the long term strategy of the sustainable European protein supply, even if the main ambition of RED II is the greening of the EU energy policy.
The agreement equally reflects the potential competition between the production of advanced biofuels and
the potential use of listed feedstock sources as feed materials. Any feedstock to be added to the list of advanced biofuels will have to pass a thorough assessment in which the policy makers will have to take into account the principles of the circular economy & the waste hierarchy, the sustainability criteria and the potential distortion of market for by-products. FEFAC, therefore, also welcomes the decision of the EU Institutions to delete molasses from the list of feedstocks that count towards renewable energy targets. Molasses is a highly valued energy-rich taste enhancer with pellet-binding qualities that increases the palatability and the homogeneity of feed. Molasses is also used to produce amino acids for animal nutrition as well as flavour-enhancing and protein balancing feed additives.
In June 2018, a political compromise was reached on the Renewable Energy Directive II (2020-2030). For FEFAC, the outcome reflects an acceptable compromise, with some positive effects for the feed industry in the field of crop-based and advanced biofuels.
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Feed safety – interaction between public and private controls
The feed industry has for long invested in feed safety assurance and monitoring schemes to allow for an optimised management of the risks along the chain and to increase confidence among partners. The existing EU Official Controls Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 fore sees that Member States should take into account the result of auto-controls performed by operators when designing their risk-based national control programmes. This will be further reinforced with the future EU Official Controls Regulation (EC) No 2017/625 that clearly points out that the implementation of third party certified safety assurance schemes is an additional element for consideration by authorities.
The feed sector was taken as a test case by the HfAA Directorate of
DG SANTE to analyse the different types of auto-control systems and their integration in the design of official control plans. An HfAA Overview Report, published in December 2017, showed that in four EU Member States the competent authorities have already a well-developed system of interaction with the feed safety assurance schemes they consider robust enough. This interaction has resulted in a more targeted, risk-based approach to official controls for the affiliated feed business operators. Results from private sampling plans have shown to help with the design of the official feed sampling plan, while compliance records from private assurance schemes help with the risk profiling and prioritisation of official controls on feed business operators.
FEFAC welcomes that five more Member States have declared their intention to take concrete steps to establish such interaction. Currently, most Member States see the integration of private assurance schemes in their planning as challenging. There are often questions about to what extent they ensure compliance with legal EU requirements, whether audits carried out by private entities are comparable to official controls and whether the commercial aspects of private assurance schemes do not present a conflict of interest.
In a meeting with HfAA in January 2018, FEFAC expressed its interest to pursue its initiative in providing a general framework for discussions on emerging feed safety management challenges and best practice experience regarding interaction between public and private sector controls in a “peacetime setting”. FEFAC is willing to contribute in facilitating the independent evaluation of the performance of feed safety management systems via its project of developing a benchmarking tool in cooperation with the International Trade Centre to characterise the different feed safety management systems and tools developed in many EU countries.
Cooperation between operators and control authorities is one of the main focus areas of the FEFAC Vision on Feed Safety Management. An overview report by the HfAA (the EU Health and Food Audits & Analysis Team) has identified the benefits and challenges of establishing closer interaction between the system of official feed controls and private assurance schemes.
environmental footprinting – FeFAC delivers highly anticipated footprinting tools
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environmental footprinting – FeFAC delivers highly anticipated footprinting tools
The basis of the environmental footprinting methodology was laid with the publication of the FAO-LEAP Feed LCA Guidelines published in 2015. Under the PEF (Product Environmental Footprint) initiative, coordinated by the European Commission, FEFAC and many national feed associations and companies worked on the PEFCR Feed for Food-Producing Animals, defining the rules for measurement and data management when assessing the environmental impact of feed production. With its publication in May 2018, a harmonised methodology has been delivered with a high level of robustness, credibility, consistency and accuracy. The European Commission expects that thanks to the setting of common rules, a level playing field, free models, free secondary data and the creation of IT-based LCA calculation tools, the costs for companies already performing LCA studies will be reduced by 80-90%.
In parallel, the EU published the public version of the GFLI (Global Feed LCA
Institute) database in May 2018, which holds secondary datasets on the environmental impacts of key feed ingredients to allow for the actual statistical calculation of the footprint. The GFLI database was developed together with IFIF, AFIA and ANAC and is compliant with the rules of the PEFCR Feed for Food-Producing Animals, meaning they
can be used in combination. The international scope of the GFLI was further confirmed with the kick-off of a regional GFLI project in Brazil in April 2018 by Sindirações (the Brazilian feed industry association) and their public and private sector partners to bring more precise information on feed materials originating from that region.
The delivery of these tools is a milestone for the European compound feed industry, as we now have a robust, credible and transparent LCA methodology that allows to accurately and consistently assess the sector’s emissions. This will allow compound feed manufacturers to demonstrate their capacity to help reduce environmental impacts linked to livestock production through the formulation of feed diets.
May 2018 finally saw the public release by the European Commission of the PEFCR Feed for Food-Producing Animals and the GFLI Database, rewarding the significant investment by FEFAC and its members & partners to their development. These new environmental footprinting tools make a harmonised methodology and freely accessible data publicly available, which will allow the feed industry to enter a new era of demonstrating its environmental credentials and contribution to the reduction of GHG emissions via a fully validated & harmonised LCA analysis at EU and global level.
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Animal nutrition – revised maximum permitted levels for copper
Dietetic copper is an essential trace element in compound feed production and adequate levels thereof in piglet feed will maintain good performance and can reduce the occurrence of post-weaning diarrhoea. In the light of reducing copper emissions into the environment, EFSA recommended lowering the maximum levels for copper in piglet feed to 25 mg/kg, but the political agreement allows for levels of 150 mg/kg up to four weeks after weaning and 100 mg/kg up to eight weeks after weaning.
FEFAC’s advocacy activities identified the clear risk for the
health management of the pig farming sector in an early legislative stage and submitted its own impact assessment, in addition to the valuable study performed by Bikker et al. (2015) on reduced copper levels in piglet feed. FEFAC demonstrated to the authorities that lowering the copper levels in piglet feed in the most sensitive period of their life would have a critical impact on their health and performance, which would most likely lead to an increased need for treatment with antibiotics and run contrary to the ambition to reduce AMR. Given the modest amount of feed consumed by piglets, the environmental
gains from reducing the maximum copper levels to 25 mg/kg would be marginal. At the same time, it must be noted that most of the copper released into the environment comes from agriculture, including organic farming.
FEFAC calls on competent authorities to extrapolate the balanced approach for copper inclusion rates in piglet feed to nutritional additives in general, acknowledging that their role goes beyond just meeting the levels required to avoid deficiencies, underlining the fact that animal nutrition science delivers more value to farm animals than just increasing performance and productivity.
In April 2018, the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed (SCoPAFF) unanimously voted for the revised maximum permitted levels of copper in piglet feed, deviating from the EFSA opinion. FEFAC played a crucial role in convening a balanced political decision, taking into account the role of animal nutrition in farm animal health management as a leading argument.
statistics 2017
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Value of farm production in 2017 in the EU-28(Source: Eurostat)
Value of purchased compound feed in total animal output value in 2017 (Source: FEFAC)
Livestock sourcing in feed in the EU-28 (488 mio. t in 2017) (Source: FEFAC - DG Agriculture)
Meat and other animal products in the EU-28 represented app. 176 bio. € in 2017, i.e. 41% of the total value of farm production. Animal feed is the most important livestock production cost factor and represented in 2017 up to 60% of the farm gate value of poultry. The EU-28 farm animals are fed with app. 488 mio. t of feedstuffs, thereof app. half are roughages produced on-farm, 10% are grains produced on-farm, 10% are purchased feed materials and 30% are industrial compound feed.
FeeDing eu livestoCK
statistics 2017
Other farm products251 bio. € / 59%
Other animal products
12 bio. € / 3%
Poultry & eggs32 bio. € / 7% Pigs
38 bio. € / 9%
Beef, Veal & Milk94 bio. € / 22%
Forages235
Home-grown cereals
53Purchased straight
feedingstuffs 41
Industrial compound feed
159
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Global compound feed production in 2017 (1,053 mio. t) (Source: FEFAC - Alltech)
Development of compound feed production in the EU(per category, excl. EL, LU and MT) (Source: FEFAC)
The compound feed production in the EU-28 increased by 1.5% in 2017 to 159 mio. t. Cattle, poultry and pig feed have all seen their production grow by respectively +3.6, +1.4 and +1%.The picture is extremely contrasted throughout Europe for cattle feed: Northern Europe countries have recorded growth of volumes between 4 and 12%, whereas Southern countries have seen their production stabilising, and, among Eastern countries, only Poland and Bulgaria have seen a large increase of production (8% and more).
This year again, the Avian Influenza outbreak affected several poultry producing regions of Europe, in particular France and Hungary. However, this was largely offset by an increase in many other countries, leading to an overall +1.4% in 2017 vs. 2016, thus confirming its position of leading segment of EU industrial compound feed production, well ahead of pig feed. On the pig feed side, the production slightly increased (+1% vs. 2016). This low increase can partly be explained by the still persistent effects of
African Swine Fever in Eastern Europe, which weighed heavily on the development of pigmeat production.Germany, Spain and France remain the three leading EU countries in terms of total compound feed. Germany is the leading cattle and pig feed producer while France maintains its leading position as poultry feed producer. The compound feed production in the EU represents 16% of the global production that is estimated at around 1,053 mio. t, progressing by 3.5% vs. 2016.
EU-28 compound feed production in 2017(159.1 mio. t / +1.5%) (Source: FEFAC)
Industrial compound feed productionin EU-28 per category in 2017 (Source: FEFAC)
inDustriAl ComPounD FeeD ProDuCtion
statistics 2017 statistics 2017
Cattle28.1%
Pigs31.9%
Poultry & eggs34.6%
Milk Replacers0.7%
Others4.6%
SE2.0
SK0.7
BU1.2
AT1.6CY
0.3EE0.2
FI1.4
LT0,6
LV0.3
SI0.4
HR0.6
PL10.9
RO2.9
PT3.2
NL15.0IE
4.4IT
13.7
HU3.4
FR20.5
ES23.2 DK
4.0
DE24.1
CZ2.4
BE6.7
Other9.3
UK15.7
EU-28(incl. EL)
162Others
66
EurOther
ope87
China187
Japan24Brazi
70l
Mexico34
USA173
Canada22
a171
Other Asi
aOther
Americ56
EU-15 as from 1995, EU-25 as from 2004,EU-27 as from 2007, EU-28 as from 2013
Total PigsCattle Poultry
tota
l in
mio
. t
40
20
0
180
160
140
120
100
80
60
95 97 99 01 03 05 07 09 11 15 1713
per
cate
gory
in m
io. t
25
20
60
55
50
45
40
35
30
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Feed material consumption by the compound feed industry in 2017 in the EU-28 (Source: FEFAC)
Development of feed material consumption by the EU compound feed industry in the EU-15 (Source: FEFAC)
Usage of cereals in the EU-28 in 2017-18(Source: DG AGRI - FEFAC)
Contribution of different categories of feed materials to protein supply and level of EU dependency in 2016/2017
(Source: DG AGRI)
Despite the huge variations in feed material prices over the last years, the proportion of feed materials per categories remained relatively stable (50% for cereals, 11.5% for co-products of the food and bioethanol industry). The proportion of oilseed meals has, however, decreased, in particular due to a trend to further reduce the levels of proteins in feed for farmed animals. Since the Mac Sharry reform in 1991, the average inclusion rate of cereals increased from 32 to 50%. On the other hand, tapioca, one of the most important
substitutes to cereals in the 1980s, completely disappeared from the diets. The use of animal proteins, which in the past represented up to 2% of feed materials, was banned in 2001 for most species and mainly replaced by soybean meal. The EU livestock is by far the most important outlet for EU produced cereals with 61% of the internal usage. The share of rapeseed meal significantly increased with the development of the biodiesel sector. EU cereals are the most important source of proteins for the EU livestock sector,
while soybean meal ranking second is imported to its large majority.
inDustriAl ConsumPtion oF FeeD mAteriAls
statistics 2017
Feed Industry28%
On farm feed use33%
Seeds3%
Food use23%
Other internal use 8% Biofuels
5%
Co-products from Food &
Bioethanol Industry11.5%
Cakes & Meals26%
All Others4%
Minerals, Additives &
Vitamins3.5%
Dried forage1.5%
Dairy products0.5%
Pulses1.5%
Feed cereals50%
Oils & Fats2%
tota
l in
1,00
0t
30.000
10.000
20.000
0
70.000
60.000
50.000
40.000
91 93 95 97 99 01 03 13 15 1705 09 1107
Feed cereals TapiocaCo-products from Food & Bioethanol IndustryCakes & meals
0
20
40
60
80
100
Protein supply (percentage of total proteins)
Self sufficency
Crops Oilseed meals
Cereals Oilseeds Pulses Soybeanmeals
Rapeseedmeal
Sunflowermeal
Other co-products
food and biofuels industry
Feed materials of animal origin
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responsible soy – towards a mainstream market supply of responsible soy
Meat consumption per capita in the EU-28 in 2017 per category (Source: DG AGRI)
EU-28 self-sufficiency for some EU agricultural products in 2016 (Source: DG AGRI)
For the second year in a row, the production of meat in the EU-28 remained stable. The 0.8% drop in pigmeat production was offset by a +0.8% increase in poultry meat production and a slight (0.3%) increase for beef.
Gross meat production developmentin the EU-28 per category (Source: DG AGRI)
Meat consumption developmentin the EU-28 per category (Source: DG AGRI)
the eu meAt mArKet in A nutshell
The meat consumption in the EU-28 is estimated around 92 kg/capita/year (carcass weight), i.e. stable or slightly lower vs. 2016 after 2 years of important increase that put an end to a downward trend that started in the mid-2000s. Poultry meat is the second most consumed meat in the EU-28 with 27 kg/capita/year in 2017, far behind pig meat (41 kg/capita/year).
The EU is self-sufficient in livestock products in volumes, in particular pork and dairy products.
statistics 2017
tota
l mea
t in
kg/c
apit
a
per
cate
gory
in k
g/ca
pita
65
5560
50
100959085807570
50
4045
35
25
15
5
30
20
10
002 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 1711 12 14 15 1613
EU-15 from 1999 to 2003, EU-25 from 2004 to 2006,EU-27 from 2007 to 2012, EU-28 since 2013
Total meat Pig meatBeef & VealPoultry meat Others
tota
l mea
t in
mio
. t
per
cate
gory
in m
io. t
15
510
0
50454035302520
0
25
20
15
10
5
EU-15 from 1999 to 2003, EU-25 from 2004 to 2006,EU-27 from 2007 to 2012, EU-28 since 2013
02 03 04 05 06 07 1408 09 11 12 1310 1715 16
Total meat Pig meatBeef & Veal Poultry meat
Pig meat44.7%
Others6.9%
Poultry meat29.4%
Sheep & Goat meat
2.2%
Beef & Veal 16.7%
20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200 220Oilseed meals
SugarBeef and veal
PoultryEggs
CerealsCheeseButter
Pork
Skimmed milk powder
in %
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responsible soy – towards a mainstream market supply of responsible soy
In June 2018, FEFAC conducted a survey with the responsible soy schemes that have passed the benchmarking process for compliance. The large majority of these schemes believe the Soy Sourcing Guidelines have a positive influence on the supply and demand of responsible soy as well as the tackling of deforestation. Several scheme owners advised FEFAC to maintain the current version of the Guidelines and give priority to obtaining more recognition from downstream partners for the sustainability efforts already made by soy farmers.
FEFAC has performed an internal monitoring exercise to calculate the amount of responsible soy imported to the EU that is in compliance with the FEFAC Soy Sourcing Guidelines. FEFAC estimates that currently 7-8 million tonnes are in compliance, showing the feed industry is approaching the objective of creating a mainstream market supply. In this light, it is also noteworthy that the number of European countries involved in the topic of sourcing responsible soy is increasing.
FEFAC actively participated to the RT13 General Assembly meeting in Lille in May 2018 and the Amsterdam
Declarations Group meeting held in Paris in June 2018, where the FEFAC Soy Sourcing Guidelines were referred to as important first step to tackling deforestation, but not “good enough” to meet political ambitions on deforestation-free supply chains.
The 2nd MoU Steering Group (ABIOVE, Aprosoja, FEDIOL, FEFAC, IDH) meeting took place in Brussels in October 2017, combined with the 5th EU workshop on responsible soy (co-)hosted by FEFAC & FEDIOL. The 3rd MoU Steering Group meeting took
place in Cuiaba (Brazil) in May 2018. One of the main short-term objectives of the MoU is the completion of ITC benchmarking of the Soja Plus Programme against the FEFAC Soy Sourcing Guidelines. Aprosoja is actively involved in the expansion of the Soja Plus Programme in key soy producer states in Brazil, meaning the compliance of the free farmer programme Soja Plus to the Soy Sourcing Guidelines would be a great step towards facilitating a mainstream market supply of responsible soy.
The Soy Sourcing Guidelines have become FEFAC’s main asset in public and stakeholder discussions on responsible soy sourcing, recognised as a proactive means to facilitate a mainstream market supply of responsible soy to Europe. FEFAC strengthened the cooperation with all key soy farmer platforms in soy producing countries (Argentina, Brazil, US, EU), but also with downstream partners (Consumer Goods Forum) and scheme owners participating in the ITC/FEFAC benchmark programme.
Angela Booth (2nd from left), Nathalie Lecocq (FEDIOL, 3rd from left) and Cristina de Sousa (2nd from right) visiting a Permanent Preservation Area at a soy farm in Brazil.
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Circular economy – Feed manufacturing finally takes legal distance from waste management
Code of Conduct on Agricultural Data sharing – setting the scene for digital farming
The Code of Conduct promotes the benefits of sharing data, enables agri-business models, sheds greater light on contractual relations and provides guidance on the use of agricultural data, particularly the rights to access and use the data. An important element as regards ownership is the concept of “data originator”, which should provide more safeguards and added value to the farmer who is at the heart of the data output. The unintentional and uninformed sharing of data can create conflicts and leave the data originator feel disadvantaged, thereby limiting the future perspective of engaging with the value chain on this field of great potential.
European Commissioner for Agriculture & Rural Development Phil Hogan congratulated the participants for being the first private sector to reach a timely milestone agreement on data management. He called the correct handling of big data the pre-condition for further modernisation as well as making precision agriculture the rule and not
the exception. The safeguards put in place to protect the data output of farmers are vital to avoid a situation where the Commission sees need to take restrictive legal measures, as in the case of Unfair Trading Practices (UTPs) in the food supply chain.
The signatories of the Code of Conduct share the belief that
agricultural data should remain the domain of professional actors in the agricultural value chain and not of external, global technology enterprises. In the Annex of the Code of Conduct a precision feeding case study involving data transmission between the feed manufacturer and the farmer is included. The example illustrates that in a study
aimed at optimising the feed conversion ratio, the livestock farmer would typically be the data originator; however, when it concerns information about the composition of the feed, it is the feed manufacturer.
In April 2018, a Code of Conduct on the sharing of Agricultural Data developed by Copa-Cogeca, CEMA, CEETTAR, CEJA, ECPA, EFFAB, ESA, FEFAC and Fertilizers Europe, was published. The broad cross-sector effort ensures that the added value of embarking on the road of “big data” management provides tangible benefits for all feed & food chain actors.
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Circular economy – Feed manufacturing finally takes legal distance from waste management
“Substances that are destined for use as feed materials (…) and that do not consist of or contain animal by-products” are excluded from the scope of the revised Waste Framework Directive 2018/851 published in June 2018, thus closing an important loophole in EU food safety legislation, bearing in mind that animal by-products were already excluded. This grants a long-standing request from the European feed industry to avoid the unnecessary duplication of waste and feed legislation for materials destined for feed production, undermining the integrity of the feed chain and the functioning of the single
market for feedstuffs. Particularly for former foodstuff processors, the legal clarification confirms that their business practice is not a form of (food) waste recycling, meaning that all relevant EU feed hygiene and safety management rules apply while environmental authorities can no longer challenge their feed-related activities based on interpretation of the by-products criteria from the Waste Framework Directive. At local level, this would also end unjustified legal requirements for compound feed manufacturers to acquire environmental permits in the light of their alleged handling of waste.
The revised Waste Framework Directive also unfolds the plans for food waste measurement in the EU for the coming years. Before March 2019, the European Commission will launch the official measurement methodology to be used by Member States to deliver their annual food waste numbers. The animal feed outlet is recognised as a means to prevent food waste as well as a contribution to the circular economy, meaning it should be recognised as “part of the solution” in national food waste prevention strategies. This was further confirmed by the publication of the Commission Guidelines for the feed use of food no longer intended for human consumption in April 2018, which aims to clarify and facilitate the transition of food into a feed material. In November 2017, European Commissioner for Health & Food Safety, Mr Vytenis Andriukaitis, visited a former foodstuff processing facility in the Netherlands, to experience first-hand what he considered “circular economy in action”. FEFAC explored, together with EFFPA (the European Former Foodstuff Processors Association), the possibilities with the DG SANTE representatives for a legislative framework that enables the safe sourcing from the food manufacturing and retail sector by former foodstuff processors.
The General Food Law from 2002 made clear that producing safe feed for food-producing animals needs to be seen as an integral part of producing safe food. With the most recent revision of the Waste Framework Directive, concluded in the 1st half of 2018, the legal separation between feed production and waste management has finally taken shape, thus improving the feed chain’s risk management capabilities.
European Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis visiting a former foodstuffs processor in Veghel, the Netherlands
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medicated Feed – much needed recasting finally agreed
The agreement was reached shortly after the compromise on the proposal for a new Veterinary Medicinal Products Regulation, which was part of a package with the Medicated Feed proposal due to direct cross-references between both draft regulations, in particular as regards legal definitions and measures against AMR. The agreement sets risk-proportionate technical requirements for the manufacturing of medicated feed
in multipurpose feed mills, which was a key concern for FEFAC. The restrictions on prophylactic and metaphylactic use with a view to bringing down the occurrence of AMR are consistent with the political decisions made in the context of the new Veterinary Medicinal Products Regulation. Carry-over limits of active medicinal substances into non-target feed will be defined by the European Commission one year after the EU Regulation becomes
applicable, in consultation with EFSA.
During the political negotiations, FEFAC has always reminded that the production of medicated feed is a service provided by compound feed manufacturers to livestock farmers, based on the examination, diagnosis and prescription by the veterinarian. The EU Institutions have recognised that medicated feed is one of the safe and well-controlled channels of administrating a veterinary medicinal product to a sick farm animal, with its intrinsic advantages as regards dosage accuracy and product homogeneity.
The administration at farm level of oral powders via “top dressing” (feed route) or drinking water will come under increased scrutiny subject to tailor-made guidelines for producers and users.
The Regulation on Medicated Feed replaces the Directive 90/167/EEC from 1990 which after 28 years resulted in different legal interpretations at national level, creating an uneven playing field. The harmonisation and clarification of requirements in the internal market are expected to increase legal certainty. It is important to highlight that providing safe and nutritional feed solutions to keep animals healthy is the core business of compound feed manufacturers, which also makes a significant contribution to help reduce the need for antibiotics at farm level in the treatment of sick animals.
In June 2018, the EU Institutions reached a political agreement on the Commission proposal for a Regulation on the production of Medicated Feed. FEFAC welcomes the result, which above all illustrates that the competent authorities acknowledge medicated feed as a safe and well-controlled route of administration of medicines to sick farm animals subject to veterinary prescription.
Political agreement between European Parliament, Commission & Council on medicated feed
FeFAC mission
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FeFAC mission
FEFAC’s mission is to:
Encourage the development of precompetitive European animal nutrition-related Research & Development projects seeking to enhance the European feed & livestock sectors competitiveness and capacity to innovate in and/or transfer science and technology-based solutions to improve the sustainability of resource efficient livestock production systems;
Contribute to public communication campaigns seeking to enhance the image of the compound feed and premix industry.
Safeguard conditions of free access to raw materials, the proper functioning of their markets and the definition of their quality;
Encourage the sustainable development of livestock production responding to the market requirements, so as to maximise market opportunities for compound feed and premix companies;
Lobby for a legislative framework and its implementation, without discrimination in EU Member States so as to maximise market opportunities for EU compound feed and premix companies;
Develop professional rules and good manufacturing practices including the sourcing of feed materials that ensure the quality and the safety of compound feed and premix;
Represent, defend and promote the interests of the European compound feed and premix industry with the European Institutions, international bodies (IFIF, Codex Alimentarius, OIE, etc.) and stakeholders platforms;
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FeFAC network
As a European association, it is crucial for FEFAC to maintain contacts with European Institutions who contribute to shaping EU legislative proposals, primarily the European Commission. FEFAC experts take part in the DG SANTE Advisory Group on the Food Chain, Animal and Plant Health and the Animal Health Advisory Committee, as well as in the DG AGRI Civil Dialogue Groups on the CAP, International aspects of Agriculture, Animal Products, Arable Crops, Milk and Organic Farming. FEFAC actively takes part in the EFSA Stakeholders Platform, where its experts have provided data and industry studies in a series of EFSA feed safety risk assessments, mainly conducted by the Scientific Panels on Biological Hazards, Contaminants, Feed Additives and Animal Health/Animal Welfare.
FEFAC has for long granted priority to collaboration with other stakeholders of the feed and food chain to tackle feed and food chain issues of common interest. FEFAC participated in the establishment and/or is member of the following entities.
Agri-Food Chain Coalition (AFCC), comprises twelve EU associations from agricultural input industries such as suppliers of machinery
(CEMA), seeds (ESA), fertilizers (Fertilizers Europe), crop protection (ECPA), animal breeding and reproduction (EFFAB), animal health (IFAH-Europe), animal feed (FEFAC), animal feed additives (FEFANA) and biotechnology-based products (EuropaBio), the agricultural trade (COCERAL and CELCAA) and EU farmers (Copa-Cogeca). Together, these industries account for more than 30 million jobs and some 3.5% of the EU’s gross value added. More information on www.agrifoodchaincoalition.eu
The Aquaculture Advisory Council (AAC) provides advice to the European Commission on all aquaculture-related matters laid down in the dedicated chapter on Aquaculture in the new Common Fisheries Policy. FEFAC is one of 15 founding members, together with i.a. FEAP, Copa-Cogeca, EMPA and the NGO Seas At Risk, who prepared the formal launch in summer 2016.
Animal Task Force, a knowledge based cooperation between representatives from industry and the academic world focused on enhancing innovation and sustainability in the animal
production sector of Europe’s food supply chains. The integrated approach allows for the setting of the agenda for research and innovation in the animal domain and assures a valuable contribution to the societal and environmental challenges. FEFAC holds membership to the Animal Task Force through EUFETEC, a European feed technology research platform composed of several feed-related bodies representing the feed industry and research institutes.
Food Safety Platform, grouping key European stakeholder federations concerned with feed & food safety (including the European Consumers Association BEUC), aiming at improving communication between the feed & food chain partners on emerging feed and food safety issues and related topics. In April 2015, the Food Safety Platform held an event called “Safe food for European consumers” in the light of the WHO World Health Day.
EPRUMA (European Platform for the Responsible Use of Medicines in Animals), established in 2005 and composed of various EU organisations of the livestock and
FeFAC network
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FeFAC network
pet sectors, with the mission of promoting the responsible use of medicines in animals in the EU. EPRUMA issued in 2008 “Best-practice framework for the use of antimicrobials in food-producing animals” that was updated in 2015.
EATiP (European Aquaculture Technology & Innovation Platform), one of the European Technology Platforms endorsed by DG RESEARCH. It was set up by the European fish farmers (FEAP) with the support of the whole aquaculture supply industries, including leading fish feed producers and FEFAC’s Fish Feed Committee. EATiP developed a vision document on the research needs of the Aquaculture sector until 2020 including a strategic research and innovation agenda containing key projects which could facilitate the development of a more sustainable and competitive EU Aquaculture sector in line with CFP reform policy objective for Aquaculture.
FFC (EU Feed and Food Chain platform on the use of green biotechnology), composed of partner
organizations of the whole feed and food chain dealing with the impact of EU and international regulations and market developments for the use of modern biotechnology in agriculture and food production on EU feed and food markets.
Food SCP Roundtable (EU Food Chain Roundtable on Sustainable Consumption & Production), composed of representative organisations from the entire food chain from the agro-supply sector to retailers with the main objective to develop a harmonised environmental impact assessment methodology, to develop tools for consumer communication and to identify actions for further improvement of the environmental performance of the food chain. The Roundtable is co-chaired by the European Commission.
EU FCTF (EU Feed Chain Task Force on the Catalogue of Feed Materials), a gathering of 42 EU organizations of the different sectors of the feed chain (feed material producers, traders,
compound feed manufacturers and farmers) whose mission is to maintain and upgrade the EU Catalogue of Feed Materials. FEFAC holds the role of coordinator of the EU FCTF.
FEFAC is a member of IFIF, the International Feed Industry Federation, which was founded in 1987 by FEFAC and AFIA, the American Feed Industry Association. IFIF accounts for over 80% of the approximately 1 bio. t of total global feed production. Together with FAO, IFIF annually organises International Feed Regulator Meetings since 2008 to jointly deal with emerging feed safety issues and foster convergence of feed legislation at global level. FEFAC and IFIF actively contribute to the work of the CODEX Alimentarius, which has adopted guidelines and standards on Good Animal Feeding Practices with the aim of ensuring the safety and quality of foods of animal origin.
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national Associations joining FeFAC
Praesidium
Council
Secretariat
SpecialisedCommittees• Milk Replacers• Premix & Mineral Feed• Fish Feed
Horizontal Committees• Animal Nutrition• Industrial Compound Feed Production• Feed Safety Management• Sustainability
Directors’General College
Ad hocWorking Groups& Issue Teams
organisation Chart / Praesidium / secretariat
Praesidium
organisation Chart
secretariat
VERONESI Marcello
ASSALZOO (Italy)
ALLODI Alberto
ASSALZZO (Italy)
MAJOR Nick President
AIC (United Kingdom)
EINBERGER Anton
DVT (Germany)
BOUSSIT Jean-Michel
EUROFAC(France)
DE SOUSA Cristina
IACA (Portugal)
OBIDZINSKIWitold
IZP (Poland)
TIJSSENSRuud
NEVEDI (The Netherlands)
PULAYZoltan
HGFA (Hungary)
VANDEN AVENNEPatrick
BFA(Belgium)
BOUXIN Arnaud
Deputy Secretary General
MARTIN Nicolas
Policy Advisor
DÖRING Alexander
Secretary General
LIBER Françoise
Executive Secretary
PETERS Anne
Translator & webmaster
DEIANA Roseline
Receptionist & documentation
CHAO Susana
Administrative Secretary
VAN DEN BRINK Anton
Public RelationAdvisor
national Associations joining FeFAC
Active Members
VFÖ Austria 1995 (1964)BFA Belgium 1959BFMA Bulgaria 2013CFIA Croatia 2013 (2008)CAFM Cyprus 2004 (2003)SKK Czech Republic 2004 (2000)DAKOFO Denmark 1973FFDIF Finland 1995 (1993)EUROFAC* France 1959DVT Germany 1959HGFA Hungary 2012IGFA Ireland 1973ASSALZOO Italy 1959LGPA Lithuania 2005NEVEDI The Netherlands 1959IZP Poland 2004 (2001)IACA Portugal 1986 (1976)ANFNC Romania 2014AFPWTC Slovakia 2004 (2003)GZS Slovenia 2004CESFAC Spain 1986FS Sweden 1995AIC United Kingdom 1973
Potential Active Members
Estonia LatviaMalta
Observer Members
RUFM Russia 2010SFMA Serbia 2009
Associate Members
EFFPA 2014EMFEMA 2003NSF Norway 2003FKF AS Norway 2014Norkorn Norway 2014VSF Switzerland 1966TURKIYEM Turkey 2014
(2005)
(observer as from ...)
Situation on 1 January 2018
*EUROFAC took over from SNIA in 2016
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