Poultry meat in France: Anvol’s plan to regain 20 points on imports

Anvol, an interprofessional organization, has unveiled a strategy to cut imported poultry meat consumption in France by rearing 80 new chicken coops each year for five years, aiming to restore 20% of the market share currently held by imported poultry. With poultry meat consumption on the rise in France, concerns about the growing reliance on foreign poultry have intensified, especially with the sector's practice of rearing eight poultry species and using four farming methods. Anvol insists on the necessity of labeling to indicate the origin of poultry and opposes the proposed EU-Mercosur free trade agreement, warning that it could lead to French poultry being undercut by cheaper South American poultry that may not adhere to the same health and environmental standards. The organization also voices its concerns about potential new EU regulations on poultry transport and argues for the exclusion of the livestock sector from the Industrial Emissions Directive, citing existing regulations as some of the most stringent globally.