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The voice of Europeโ€™s poultry sector. Defending food safety and security, sustainability, and fair trade. ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ” Science-led. Farmer-powered. Future-focused. https://www.avec-poultry.eu/

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๐Ÿ†• ARTICLE ๐Ÿ”Ž ๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ #๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—š๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ #๐—›๐—ฃ๐—”๐—œ.

๐Ÿ”— Read the full article: avec-poultry.eu/news/why-the...

21.01.2026 08:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ†• Can consumers taste the difference when chicken production systems change? ๐Ÿค”
A new study in #PoultryScience finds one clear driver of liking: #juiciness ๐Ÿฝ๏ธ
Read the full article ๐Ÿ‘‰https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S003257912600009X?via%3Dihub

14.01.2026 10:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ“ŠThe @ec.europa.euโ€™s EU Agri Outlook presented today at the #EUAgriFoodDays confirms a clear trend in Europeโ€™s protein basket: While overall EU #meat #consumption is expected to decline slightly by 2035, #poultry is projected to gain ground ๐Ÿ“ˆ , as consumption shifts away from beef and pigmeat.

16.12.2025 09:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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9๏ธโƒฃ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐——๐—ผ๐—ป'๐˜ ๐—ž๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—”๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—”๐—ป๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐ŸŽฅ
Understanding #AnimalWelfare requires recognising the many interconnections โ€“ #biological, #environmental, #ethical, and #economic โ€“ that shape it. โ€ผ๏ธ

๐Ÿ†•Watch the video ๐Ÿ‘‰ www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgfj...

#MeatTheFacts #WelfareIsOurBusiness

02.12.2025 08:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€ผ๏ธ AMR isnโ€™t just a health issue. Itโ€™s a governance #challenge and a shared #responsibility. To support the cause, we put together 5๏ธโƒฃ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ #๐ฉ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž - read the document here ๐Ÿ‘‰ avec-poultry.eu/wp-content/u...

24.11.2025 16:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐ŸŒ Today is #OneHealthDay, a reminder that #human, #animal and #environmental health are all connected. ๐Ÿ–‡๏ธ
๐ŸŽฌ Curious what One Health really means? Watch this short explainer from the EU ๐Ÿ‘‡ Video credits: European Commission, 2023

03.11.2025 09:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โš ๏ธ Today, the @europarl.europa.eu voted to protect #transparency in food #labelling, ensuring that words like #burger, #steak or #fillet remain reserved for #real #meat products ๐Ÿ” ๐Ÿฅฉ ๐Ÿ— - a most welcome decision.
If itโ€™s not from a chicken ๐ŸŒฟ, DON'T call it chicken ๐Ÿ”.

08.10.2025 13:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐ŸชถNEW ARTICLE: An Empty Promise - The #Mercosur Safeguard That Will NEVER Work for Poultry. ๐Ÿšซ

The EU-Mercosur safeguard clause is presented as a safety net for EU #farmers but in reality, it will never be triggered for poultry meat. Find out why ๐Ÿ‘‰ avec-poultry.eu/news/explain...

07.10.2025 11:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ’ถ COST MATTERS THE MOST - The latest @efsa.europa.eu pa.eu Eurobarometer (2025) shows that 60% of #Europeans cite #cost as their top factor when choosing food ๐Ÿ”บ up 9 percentage points since 2019. ๐Ÿ›’
๐Ÿ“Œ As cost pressures grow, it is vital that EU policies protect consumersโ€™ right to choose.

02.10.2025 09:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ“ Did you know that in the EU, households account for 53% of all #FoodWaste - around 70 kg per person each year? ๐Ÿค”
๐Ÿ†˜ Here are 7 simple #tips to help reduce #waste in your #kitchen. Because small daily choices, multiplied across millions of households, can make a big impact. ๐Ÿ‘‰

29.09.2025 14:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
"A close-up of a rusty lock on a wooden barn door with text overlaid. The yellow box at the top says: 'Control who comes IN and OUT.' A teal circle at the bottom says: 'Control access & disinfect anything or anyone exposed to poultry or wild birdsโ€”no exceptions.'"

"A close-up of a rusty lock on a wooden barn door with text overlaid. The yellow box at the top says: 'Control who comes IN and OUT.' A teal circle at the bottom says: 'Control access & disinfect anything or anyone exposed to poultry or wild birdsโ€”no exceptions.'"

Our #NoBirdFlu toolkit aims aim to improve farm biosecurity to stop avian influenza.

Control who enters and who leaves your farm and disinfect anything exposed to poultry or wild birds.

Learn more: link.europa.eu/TQxq8K

#NoBirdFlu #AvianInfluenza | @ec.europa.eu; @efsa-biohaw.bsky.social

20.09.2025 07:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ #LabelIt - To truly โ€œBuy European foodโ€, consumers need ORIGIN LABELLING ๐Ÿ†˜

๐Ÿชถ Extending #OriginLabelling to all products is the only way to give #consumers real choice and ensure fair competition for EU farmers.

#EUpoultry

23.09.2025 09:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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If you want to know what happened last week at our #AVECGA2025 read our press release here โžก๏ธ avec-poultry.eu/news/avec-co...
๐Ÿ“ธBonus highlights in pictures.

12.09.2025 07:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐ŸŒž GOOD MORNING from COPENHAGEN, where the 67th AVEC General Assembly is about to kick off! ๐Ÿš€
๐Ÿ’ก Competitiveness in a Changing World: This year, weโ€™re exploring what #competitiveness means for the future of #EUPoultry and Europeโ€™s #agrifood sector.

05.09.2025 07:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐ŸŽฌ Itโ€™s almost time!
From 4โ€“7 September, the 67th AVEC General Assembly will take place in Copenhagen, hosted by our member Danish Agriculture & Food Council ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ.

๐Ÿ” #AVECGA2025 #EUPoultry #Competitiveness

04.09.2025 09:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ†• The AVEC 2025 Annual Report provides a comprehensive overview of our activities and future priorities. ๐Ÿ“Š
๐Ÿ”— Download the report ๐Ÿ‘‰ avec-poultry.eu/resources/an...

02.09.2025 10:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Mark your calendar for the next meeting of the #SustainableLivestockIntergroup!
๐Ÿ“… 11 September๐Ÿ•‘ 10:00 AM โ€“12:00 PM (TBC)๐Ÿ“
EU parliament- Strasbourg
๐Ÿ“ฉRegister via: form.jotform.com/252032242204...

27.08.2025 09:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐ŸŽ™๏ธNEW PODCAST - The vaccine dilemma: Tackling avian influenza on a global basis

๐Ÿ’ก Our SecGen, BirtheSteenberg, joins the #ONEHealth Live podcast to share insights from Europeโ€™s pioneering efforts against #HPAI ๐Ÿ‘‡ www.buzzsprout.com/2502942/epis...

#biosecurity #vaccination #EUPoultry

25.08.2025 09:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The recently launched @oecd-ocde.bsky.social @fao.org Agricultural Outlook 2025โ€“2034 confirms that ๐Ÿ” #poultry is the growth engine of the global meat complex.
๐Ÿ‘‰ AVEC compiled a snapshot of poultry production & meat consumption statistics.
๐Ÿ“Œ Find the original report: www.oecd.org/en/publicati...

29.07.2025 09:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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"Investing in the prevention of animal diseases is investing in our future. This needs to reach not only veterinarians, but also policymakers, economists, and society as a whole.โ€ - says โ€ชโ€ชE. Soubeyran, DG โ€ฌof @woahglobal.bsky.social, at @animalhealtheu.bsky.social conference on #PreventingDiseaseX.

03.07.2025 08:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ’กIn todayโ€™s farming debates, nuance matters more than ever. Europe's #livestock sector is diverse, highly regulated, and evolving ๐Ÿ‘‰ not easily boxed into binaries.
๐Ÿ“Œ If you want to know more about the European livestock value chain, visit the #ELV website: โžก๏ธ meatthefacts.eu
#MeattheFacts #EUPoultry

13.06.2025 08:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ“ฎ Postcards from Japan ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต
This week, we're in Tokyo representing the #EUPoultry sector๐Ÿฅ as part of the official ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ EU Agri-Food Business Mission to Japan, led by Commissioner Hansen & @DG Agri, alongside 100+ #AgriFood businesses from 22 countries.
Stay tuned for more updates ๐ŸŒ

10.06.2025 12:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ”„ Earlier this week, AVEC took part in an important dialogue at the EU Parliament on the #reciprocity of agricultural production standards in international trade, hosted by MEPs Benoit Cassart, Charles Goerens, Camilla Laureti and Eric Sargiacomo.
โœ… #Reciprocity is achievable, necessary, and urgent!

06.06.2025 07:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ‘€ What would we lose with a drastic drop in livestock, and why you might be surprised? ๐Ÿคฏ
๐Ÿ“… 19 June | ๐Ÿ•‘ 10:00โ€“12:00 | ๐Ÿ“ Room WIC 100, European Parliament, Strasbourg | ๐Ÿ“น Online access available | โœ๏ธ Register here: form.jotform.com/250981464649...

03.06.2025 07:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
BroilerNet | Monitoring the welfare of broilers using bioacoustics.

๐Ÿค” Did you know that Broilers use vocalisation as a form of expression to communicate โ“
๐ŸŽง Bioacoustics (the analysis of variations in the frequency and patterns of these vocalizations) allow us to make an accurate assessment of the animalsโ€™ #health and #welfare.
๐Ÿ“Œ broilernet.eu/monitoring-t...

03.06.2025 07:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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From poultry waste to food packaging: the end of plastic wrap as we know it? - Viss Project With plastic pollution suffocating the planet, a new generation of bioplastics could change the game. Made from poultry waste, it replaces fossil-based polymers with biobased ones, bringing us closer ...

From poultry waste to food packaging: the end of plastic wrap as we know it? ๐Ÿ‘‰ viss-project.eu/from-poultry...

28.05.2025 12:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐ŸŒ An inaugural global overview of animal health by @woahglobal.bsky.social, the State of the Worldโ€™s Animal Health report provides a clear, evidence-based overview of the global #AnimalHealth landscape. Read the key findings ๐Ÿ‘‰ www.woah.org/en/the-state...

27.05.2025 08:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Free to choose what we eat ... but science tells us nutrient-dense foods are essential
YouTube video by Nourish โ€“ Your Choice Free to choose what we eat ... but science tells us nutrient-dense foods are essential

๐Ÿ“น According to nutritional epidemiologist, Professor Andrew Mente, excluding nutrient-dense foods such as red meat, poultry, eggs, and dairy can compromise our ability to meet essential daily nutrient needs.
๐Ÿซถ We support balanced choices, not blanket eliminations. ๐Ÿ‘‡ www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbcH...

27.05.2025 07:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿค”How risky is Avian Influenza EXACTLYโ“A must-read analysis by @fao.org @woahglobal.bsky.social and
@who.int ๐Ÿ‘‰
www.woah.org/app/uploads/...

22.05.2025 07:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ‘ฅ๐Ÿค๐Ÿ‘ฅ Last week, we met with Commissioner Olivรฉr Vรกrhelyi and his team to discuss key priorities for the #EUPoultry sector. #Trade #MarketAccess #AnimalHealth, #AvianInfluenza #vaccination #transport #Sustainability #labelling #FoodSecurity #ECC ๐Ÿ™Thank you for a constructive exchange.

21.05.2025 08:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0