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Specialty Feed Ingredients’ role in the fight against Antimicrobial Resistance

Animal nutrition has a crucial role in supporting animal health and welfare. Specialty Feed Ingredients are used in feed and pet food to ensure a safe and appropriate diet. Some of these ingredients can also support the animals’ natural defences against, for example, bad bacteria. Maintaining animals in optimal health limits and prevents the need for veterinary treatments, consequently reducing the threat of antimicrobial resistance.

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The Farm-to-Fork Strategy: our contribution

Climate care, circular economy, animal well-being, resource efficiency: these are only a few of the ways in which innovative specialty feed ingredients contribute to the ambitious Green Deal and Farm-to-Fork agendas. Click to learn more!

Our association

EU Association of Specialty Feed Ingredients and their Mixtures

FEFANA is the united voice of the specialty feed ingredients business in Europe. Our membership comprises manufacturers and traders of feed additives, functional feed ingredients, premixes and other mixtures of specialty ingredients that enter the food chain via feed.

Authorisation consortia

The consortia for (re-)authorisation of feed additives – as per article 10(2) of regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 – is a success story, in which FEFANA has facilitated the uniting of resources within our industry.

Through an efficient cooperation system, manufacturers and importers of feed additives were offered the opportunity to participate in FEFANA Consortia and jointly-prepare applications for re-authorisation of additives of their interest.

Tools

FEFANA provides its members and the public at large with tools enabling an improved understanding and implementation of the regulatory requirements for Specialty Feed Ingredients and their mixtures

Sustainability

Regulatory topics

Organisation

20/05/2021 - Press Release

Without a comprehensive impact assessment, we will not be celebrating the one year anniversary of the Farm to Fork strategy

Today marks one year to the day since the Farm to Fork strategy was presented in Brussels by the European Commission. However, we cannot celebrate its anniversary, as the strategy still raises...

Feed industry contribution to EU FtF targets on animal health & welfare

On 19 May, FEFAC and FEFANA have held their first joint EURACTIV virtual conference titled “Animal Health and Welfare: what role for Animal Nutrition?” The event was opened by a video statement from European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Stella Kyriakides,...

FAO LEAP Guidelines on Feed Additives launched

On 21 September 2020 FAO officially launched the LEAP guidelines for assessment of the environmental performance of feed additives in livestock supply chains. By significantly acting on feed efficiency, feed additives influence the environmental footprint of livestock production.

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Specialty Feed
Ingredients

Much of the nutrition of farm animals is based on maize, wheat and soybean meal. To ensure the animals get all the essential nutrients they need, specialty feed ingredients are often needed. They contribute to efficient, affordable and appropriate animal nutrition supporting animal health and well-being.

EU LIVESTOCK BY THE NUMBERS PER YEAR

89.08 Bovines

Source: Eurostat

147,200,000pigs

Source: Eurostat

99,880,000sheep and goats

Source: Eurostat

FEFANA is the united voice of the specialty feed ingredients business in Europe where the industry generates an annual turnover of 5 billion EUR.

FEFANA membership comprises manufacturers and traders of feed additives, functional feed ingredients, premixes and other mixtures of specialty ingredients.

Centred in the heart of Brussels, FEFANA facilitates the dialogue between EU institutions and feed business operators while promoting feed and food safety and a fair and competitive market.