Most of the poultry sector, doomed to disappear as Europe demands that the number of birds on farms be reduced by 72%

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has published its scientific opinion on broilers and laying hens based on a particularly limited mandate on animal welfare established by the European Commission. The EFSA opinion contains unprecedented recommendations which, if applied in these terms, would simply lead to the loss of most of the European poultry sector, both meat and egg production by forcing a 72% reduction in production. birds on farms. Among the main recommendations put forward by EFSA, the most shocking is the proposal to reduce the stocking density of conventional broilers to a maximum of 11 kg/m². In other words, if implemented, this would mean that the EU will ask conventional poultry producers to make significant investments in farms, while the number of birds on farms will have to be reduced by 72%. Similar recommendations are made in the EFSA opinion for laying hens. This and other proposals will require high investments by ranchers, without taking into account ...