EU lifts ban on using animal by-products for poultry feed

The proposed change in legislation allows processed animal protein from pigs to be used in poultry feed. Photo: Oliinykfoto
The proposed change in legislation allows processed animal protein from pigs to be used in poultry feed. Photo: Oliinykfoto
The EU has lifted its ban on the use of animal by-products for animal feed. The proposed change in legislation allows processed animal protein from pigs to be used in poultry feed and from poultry to be used in pig feed. On 2 July, the EU Council voted unanimously to adopt the regulation. In the wake of the BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) crisis in 1994, a ban on the use of processed animal protein in ruminant feed was put in place. Experts believe BSE is caused by giving cattle feed mad


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Melanie Epp Freelance agricultural journalist from Ontario, Canada