Source: FEFAC
FEFAC calls on Member States to
urgently adopt the "technical solution"
for imports of feed containing traces of
GM events not yet approved in the EU
"The EU livestock sector, in particular the pig farmers, is currently facing 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 EU 0-tolerance policy".
"No one can deny that the economic and social risk for the EU livestock chain and
the EU consumer is real and will further increase as the number of GM events
authorised worldwide but not yet authorised in the UE increases every month. It’s
time for the EU to catch up with the reality of global expansion of GM crop acreage to
ensure feed and food security of EU livestock farmers and consumers by adopting
the "technical solution" as a first step in the right direction"
As FEFAC rightly says, a 0-tolerance policy means added costs, all of which are borne by the consumer who sits at the end of the food chain.
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 EU 0-tolerance policy".
"No one can deny that the economic and social risk for the EU livestock chain and
the EU consumer is real and will further increase as the number of GM events
authorised worldwide but not yet authorised in the UE increases every month. It’s
time for the EU to catch up with the reality of global expansion of GM crop acreage to
ensure feed and food security of EU livestock farmers and consumers by adopting
the "technical solution" as a first step in the right direction"
As FEFAC rightly says, a 0-tolerance policy means added costs, all of which are borne by the consumer who sits at the end of the food chain.
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