European feed industry demands room to manoeuvre

The European feed industry, producing around 153 million tonnes per year, ?represents about 15% of the global animal feed market. The sector has noticed EU standards have started to deviate considerably from those in other countries, despite the fact it depends heavily on imports. That puts the long-term ?availability of competitively priced feed raw materials at risk, says Ruud Tijssens, president of the European umbrella organisation of animal feed companies Fefac. According to Tijssens, the E