AVEC
@eupoultry.bsky.social
The voice of Europe’s poultry sector. Defending food safety and security, sustainability, and fair trade. 🇪🇺🐔 Science-led. Farmer-powered. Future-focused.
https://www.avec-poultry.eu/
https://www.avec-poultry.eu/
9️⃣ 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗔𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗹 𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗲 🎥
Understanding #AnimalWelfare requires recognising the many interconnections – #biological, #environmental, #ethical, and #economic – that shape it. ‼️
🆕Watch the video 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgfj...
#MeatTheFacts #WelfareIsOurBusiness
Understanding #AnimalWelfare requires recognising the many interconnections – #biological, #environmental, #ethical, and #economic – that shape it. ‼️
🆕Watch the video 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgfj...
#MeatTheFacts #WelfareIsOurBusiness
December 2, 2025 at 8:49 AM
9️⃣ 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗔𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗹 𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗲 🎥
Understanding #AnimalWelfare requires recognising the many interconnections – #biological, #environmental, #ethical, and #economic – that shape it. ‼️
🆕Watch the video 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgfj...
#MeatTheFacts #WelfareIsOurBusiness
Understanding #AnimalWelfare requires recognising the many interconnections – #biological, #environmental, #ethical, and #economic – that shape it. ‼️
🆕Watch the video 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgfj...
#MeatTheFacts #WelfareIsOurBusiness
‼️ AMR isn’t just a health issue. It’s a governance #challenge and a shared #responsibility. To support the cause, we put together 5️⃣ 𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 #𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 - read the document here 👉 avec-poultry.eu/wp-content/u...
November 24, 2025 at 4:08 PM
‼️ AMR isn’t just a health issue. It’s a governance #challenge and a shared #responsibility. To support the cause, we put together 5️⃣ 𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 #𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 - read the document here 👉 avec-poultry.eu/wp-content/u...
🌍 Today is #OneHealthDay, a reminder that #human, #animal and #environmental health are all connected. 🖇️
🎬 Curious what One Health really means? Watch this short explainer from the EU 👇 Video credits: European Commission, 2023
🎬 Curious what One Health really means? Watch this short explainer from the EU 👇 Video credits: European Commission, 2023
November 3, 2025 at 9:23 AM
🌍 Today is #OneHealthDay, a reminder that #human, #animal and #environmental health are all connected. 🖇️
🎬 Curious what One Health really means? Watch this short explainer from the EU 👇 Video credits: European Commission, 2023
🎬 Curious what One Health really means? Watch this short explainer from the EU 👇 Video credits: European Commission, 2023
⚠️ 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 🍔 🥩 🍗 - a most welcome decision.
If it’s not from a chicken 🌿, DON'T call it chicken 🐔.
If it’s not from a chicken 🌿, DON'T call it chicken 🐔.
October 8, 2025 at 1:38 PM
⚠️ 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 🍔 🥩 🍗 - a most welcome decision.
If it’s not from a chicken 🌿, DON'T call it chicken 🐔.
If it’s not from a chicken 🌿, DON'T call it chicken 🐔.
🪶NEW ARTICLE: An Empty Promise - The #Mercosur Safeguard That Will NEVER Work for Poultry. 🚫
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 👉 avec-poultry.eu/news/explain...
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 👉 avec-poultry.eu/news/explain...
October 7, 2025 at 11:20 AM
🪶NEW ARTICLE: An Empty Promise - The #Mercosur Safeguard That Will NEVER Work for Poultry. 🚫
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 👉 avec-poultry.eu/news/explain...
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 👉 avec-poultry.eu/news/explain...
💶 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 🔺 up 9 percentage points since 2019. 🛒
📌 As cost pressures grow, it is vital that EU policies protect consumers’ right to choose.
📌 As cost pressures grow, it is vital that EU policies protect consumers’ right to choose.
October 2, 2025 at 9:21 AM
💶 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 🔺 up 9 percentage points since 2019. 🛒
📌 As cost pressures grow, it is vital that EU policies protect consumers’ right to choose.
📌 As cost pressures grow, it is vital that EU policies protect consumers’ right to choose.
❓ Did you know that in the EU, households account for 53% of all #FoodWaste - around 70 kg per person each year? 🤔
🆘 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. 👉
🆘 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. 👉
September 29, 2025 at 2:23 PM
❓ Did you know that in the EU, households account for 53% of all #FoodWaste - around 70 kg per person each year? 🤔
🆘 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. 👉
🆘 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. 👉
Reposted by AVEC
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
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
September 20, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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
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
🇪🇺 #LabelIt - To truly “Buy European food”, consumers need ORIGIN LABELLING 🆘
🪶 Extending #OriginLabelling to all products is the only way to give #consumers real choice and ensure fair competition for EU farmers.
#EUpoultry
🪶 Extending #OriginLabelling to all products is the only way to give #consumers real choice and ensure fair competition for EU farmers.
#EUpoultry
September 23, 2025 at 9:26 AM
🇪🇺 #LabelIt - To truly “Buy European food”, consumers need ORIGIN LABELLING 🆘
🪶 Extending #OriginLabelling to all products is the only way to give #consumers real choice and ensure fair competition for EU farmers.
#EUpoultry
🪶 Extending #OriginLabelling to all products is the only way to give #consumers real choice and ensure fair competition for EU farmers.
#EUpoultry
If you want to know what happened last week at our #AVECGA2025 read our press release here ➡️ avec-poultry.eu/news/avec-co...
📸Bonus highlights in pictures.
📸Bonus highlights in pictures.
September 12, 2025 at 7:32 AM
If you want to know what happened last week at our #AVECGA2025 read our press release here ➡️ avec-poultry.eu/news/avec-co...
📸Bonus highlights in pictures.
📸Bonus highlights in pictures.
🌞 GOOD MORNING from COPENHAGEN, where the 67th AVEC General Assembly is about to kick off! 🚀
💡 Competitiveness in a Changing World: This year, we’re exploring what #competitiveness means for the future of #EUPoultry and Europe’s #agrifood sector.
💡 Competitiveness in a Changing World: This year, we’re exploring what #competitiveness means for the future of #EUPoultry and Europe’s #agrifood sector.
September 5, 2025 at 7:14 AM
🌞 GOOD MORNING from COPENHAGEN, where the 67th AVEC General Assembly is about to kick off! 🚀
💡 Competitiveness in a Changing World: This year, we’re exploring what #competitiveness means for the future of #EUPoultry and Europe’s #agrifood sector.
💡 Competitiveness in a Changing World: This year, we’re exploring what #competitiveness means for the future of #EUPoultry and Europe’s #agrifood sector.
🎬 It’s almost time!
From 4–7 September, the 67th AVEC General Assembly will take place in Copenhagen, hosted by our member Danish Agriculture & Food Council 🇩🇰.
🐔 #AVECGA2025 #EUPoultry #Competitiveness
From 4–7 September, the 67th AVEC General Assembly will take place in Copenhagen, hosted by our member Danish Agriculture & Food Council 🇩🇰.
🐔 #AVECGA2025 #EUPoultry #Competitiveness
September 4, 2025 at 9:09 AM
🎬 It’s almost time!
From 4–7 September, the 67th AVEC General Assembly will take place in Copenhagen, hosted by our member Danish Agriculture & Food Council 🇩🇰.
🐔 #AVECGA2025 #EUPoultry #Competitiveness
From 4–7 September, the 67th AVEC General Assembly will take place in Copenhagen, hosted by our member Danish Agriculture & Food Council 🇩🇰.
🐔 #AVECGA2025 #EUPoultry #Competitiveness
🆕 The AVEC 2025 Annual Report provides a comprehensive overview of our activities and future priorities. 📊
🔗 Download the report 👉 avec-poultry.eu/resources/an...
🔗 Download the report 👉 avec-poultry.eu/resources/an...
September 2, 2025 at 10:35 AM
🆕 The AVEC 2025 Annual Report provides a comprehensive overview of our activities and future priorities. 📊
🔗 Download the report 👉 avec-poultry.eu/resources/an...
🔗 Download the report 👉 avec-poultry.eu/resources/an...
Mark your calendar for the next meeting of the #SustainableLivestockIntergroup!
📅 11 September🕑 10:00 AM –12:00 PM (TBC)📍
EU parliament- Strasbourg
📩Register via: form.jotform.com/252032242204...
📅 11 September🕑 10:00 AM –12:00 PM (TBC)📍
EU parliament- Strasbourg
📩Register via: form.jotform.com/252032242204...
August 27, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Mark your calendar for the next meeting of the #SustainableLivestockIntergroup!
📅 11 September🕑 10:00 AM –12:00 PM (TBC)📍
EU parliament- Strasbourg
📩Register via: form.jotform.com/252032242204...
📅 11 September🕑 10:00 AM –12:00 PM (TBC)📍
EU parliament- Strasbourg
📩Register via: form.jotform.com/252032242204...
🎙️NEW PODCAST - The vaccine dilemma: Tackling avian influenza on a global basis
💡 Our SecGen, BirtheSteenberg, joins the #ONEHealth Live podcast to share insights from Europe’s pioneering efforts against #HPAI 👇 www.buzzsprout.com/2502942/epis...
#biosecurity #vaccination #EUPoultry
💡 Our SecGen, BirtheSteenberg, joins the #ONEHealth Live podcast to share insights from Europe’s pioneering efforts against #HPAI 👇 www.buzzsprout.com/2502942/epis...
#biosecurity #vaccination #EUPoultry
August 25, 2025 at 9:11 AM
🎙️NEW PODCAST - The vaccine dilemma: Tackling avian influenza on a global basis
💡 Our SecGen, BirtheSteenberg, joins the #ONEHealth Live podcast to share insights from Europe’s pioneering efforts against #HPAI 👇 www.buzzsprout.com/2502942/epis...
#biosecurity #vaccination #EUPoultry
💡 Our SecGen, BirtheSteenberg, joins the #ONEHealth Live podcast to share insights from Europe’s pioneering efforts against #HPAI 👇 www.buzzsprout.com/2502942/epis...
#biosecurity #vaccination #EUPoultry
The recently launched @oecd-ocde.bsky.social @fao.org Agricultural Outlook 2025–2034 confirms that 🐔 #poultry is the growth engine of the global meat complex.
👉 AVEC compiled a snapshot of poultry production & meat consumption statistics.
📌 Find the original report: www.oecd.org/en/publicati...
👉 AVEC compiled a snapshot of poultry production & meat consumption statistics.
📌 Find the original report: www.oecd.org/en/publicati...
July 29, 2025 at 9:45 AM
The recently launched @oecd-ocde.bsky.social @fao.org Agricultural Outlook 2025–2034 confirms that 🐔 #poultry is the growth engine of the global meat complex.
👉 AVEC compiled a snapshot of poultry production & meat consumption statistics.
📌 Find the original report: www.oecd.org/en/publicati...
👉 AVEC compiled a snapshot of poultry production & meat consumption statistics.
📌 Find the original report: www.oecd.org/en/publicati...
"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.” - says E. Soubeyran, DG of @woahglobal.bsky.social, at @animalhealtheu.bsky.social conference on #PreventingDiseaseX.
July 3, 2025 at 8:36 AM
"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.” - says E. Soubeyran, DG of @woahglobal.bsky.social, at @animalhealtheu.bsky.social conference on #PreventingDiseaseX.
💡In today’s farming debates, nuance matters more than ever. Europe's #livestock sector is diverse, highly regulated, and evolving 👉 not easily boxed into binaries.
📌 If you want to know more about the European livestock value chain, visit the #ELV website: ➡️ meatthefacts.eu
#MeattheFacts #EUPoultry
📌 If you want to know more about the European livestock value chain, visit the #ELV website: ➡️ meatthefacts.eu
#MeattheFacts #EUPoultry
June 13, 2025 at 8:15 AM
💡In today’s farming debates, nuance matters more than ever. Europe's #livestock sector is diverse, highly regulated, and evolving 👉 not easily boxed into binaries.
📌 If you want to know more about the European livestock value chain, visit the #ELV website: ➡️ meatthefacts.eu
#MeattheFacts #EUPoultry
📌 If you want to know more about the European livestock value chain, visit the #ELV website: ➡️ meatthefacts.eu
#MeattheFacts #EUPoultry
📮 Postcards from Japan 🇯🇵
This week, we're in Tokyo representing the #EUPoultry sector🐥 as part of the official 🇪🇺 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 🌏
This week, we're in Tokyo representing the #EUPoultry sector🐥 as part of the official 🇪🇺 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 🌏
June 10, 2025 at 12:39 PM
📮 Postcards from Japan 🇯🇵
This week, we're in Tokyo representing the #EUPoultry sector🐥 as part of the official 🇪🇺 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 🌏
This week, we're in Tokyo representing the #EUPoultry sector🐥 as part of the official 🇪🇺 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 🌏
🔄 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.
✅ #Reciprocity is achievable, necessary, and urgent!
✅ #Reciprocity is achievable, necessary, and urgent!
June 6, 2025 at 7:05 AM
🔄 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.
✅ #Reciprocity is achievable, necessary, and urgent!
✅ #Reciprocity is achievable, necessary, and urgent!
👀 What would we lose with a drastic drop in livestock, and why you might be surprised? 🤯
📅 19 June | 🕑 10:00–12:00 | 📍 Room WIC 100, European Parliament, Strasbourg | 📹 Online access available | ✏️ Register here: form.jotform.com/250981464649...
📅 19 June | 🕑 10:00–12:00 | 📍 Room WIC 100, European Parliament, Strasbourg | 📹 Online access available | ✏️ Register here: form.jotform.com/250981464649...
June 3, 2025 at 7:54 AM
👀 What would we lose with a drastic drop in livestock, and why you might be surprised? 🤯
📅 19 June | 🕑 10:00–12:00 | 📍 Room WIC 100, European Parliament, Strasbourg | 📹 Online access available | ✏️ Register here: form.jotform.com/250981464649...
📅 19 June | 🕑 10:00–12:00 | 📍 Room WIC 100, European Parliament, Strasbourg | 📹 Online access available | ✏️ Register here: form.jotform.com/250981464649...
🤔 Did you know that Broilers use vocalisation as a form of expression to communicate ❓
🎧 Bioacoustics (the analysis of variations in the frequency and patterns of these vocalizations) allow us to make an accurate assessment of the animals’ #health and #welfare.
📌 broilernet.eu/monitoring-t...
🎧 Bioacoustics (the analysis of variations in the frequency and patterns of these vocalizations) allow us to make an accurate assessment of the animals’ #health and #welfare.
📌 broilernet.eu/monitoring-t...
BroilerNet | Monitoring the welfare of broilers using bioacoustics.
broilernet.eu
June 3, 2025 at 7:41 AM
🤔 Did you know that Broilers use vocalisation as a form of expression to communicate ❓
🎧 Bioacoustics (the analysis of variations in the frequency and patterns of these vocalizations) allow us to make an accurate assessment of the animals’ #health and #welfare.
📌 broilernet.eu/monitoring-t...
🎧 Bioacoustics (the analysis of variations in the frequency and patterns of these vocalizations) allow us to make an accurate assessment of the animals’ #health and #welfare.
📌 broilernet.eu/monitoring-t...
From poultry waste to food packaging: the end of plastic wrap as we know it? 👉 viss-project.eu/from-poultry...
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 ...
viss-project.eu
May 28, 2025 at 12:51 PM
From poultry waste to food packaging: the end of plastic wrap as we know it? 👉 viss-project.eu/from-poultry...
🌏 An inaugural global overview of animal health by @woahglobal.bsky.social, the State of the World’s Animal Health report provides a clear, evidence-based overview of the global #AnimalHealth landscape. Read the key findings 👉 www.woah.org/en/the-state...
May 27, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🌏 An inaugural global overview of animal health by @woahglobal.bsky.social, the State of the World’s Animal Health report provides a clear, evidence-based overview of the global #AnimalHealth landscape. Read the key findings 👉 www.woah.org/en/the-state...
📹 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.
🫶 We support balanced choices, not blanket eliminations. 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbcH...
🫶 We support balanced choices, not blanket eliminations. 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbcH...
Free to choose what we eat ... but science tells us nutrient-dense foods are essential
YouTube video by Nourish – Your Choice
www.youtube.com
May 27, 2025 at 7:16 AM
📹 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.
🫶 We support balanced choices, not blanket eliminations. 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbcH...
🫶 We support balanced choices, not blanket eliminations. 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbcH...