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. 👉
🇪🇺 #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...
👥🤝👥 Last week, we met with Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi and his team to discuss key priorities for the #EUPoultry sector. #Trade #MarketAccess #AnimalHealth, #AvianInfluenza #vaccination #transport #Sustainability #labelling #FoodSecurity #ECC 🙏Thank you for a constructive exchange.
May 21, 2025 at 8:30 AM
👥🤝👥 Last week, we met with Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi and his team to discuss key priorities for the #EUPoultry sector. #Trade #MarketAccess #AnimalHealth, #AvianInfluenza #vaccination #transport #Sustainability #labelling #FoodSecurity #ECC 🙏Thank you for a constructive exchange.
Happy Europe Day from AVEC! 💙
Today we celebrate unity, cooperation, and the shared values that make Europe strong. 💪
Here’s to a Europe that grows, innovates, and feeds its people. Together. 🐔💛
#EuropeDay
Today we celebrate unity, cooperation, and the shared values that make Europe strong. 💪
Here’s to a Europe that grows, innovates, and feeds its people. Together. 🐔💛
#EuropeDay
May 9, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Happy Europe Day from AVEC! 💙
Today we celebrate unity, cooperation, and the shared values that make Europe strong. 💪
Here’s to a Europe that grows, innovates, and feeds its people. Together. 🐔💛
#EuropeDay
Today we celebrate unity, cooperation, and the shared values that make Europe strong. 💪
Here’s to a Europe that grows, innovates, and feeds its people. Together. 🐔💛
#EuropeDay
📼 The Conference on the Vision for Agriculture and Food is live today — bringing together key stakeholders to shape the future of EU food and farming.
📌 The AVEC team is on site, contributing to the dialogue.
💬 Attending online or in person? Feel free to connect!
#EUAgriVision
📌 The AVEC team is on site, contributing to the dialogue.
💬 Attending online or in person? Feel free to connect!
#EUAgriVision
May 8, 2025 at 8:46 AM
📼 The Conference on the Vision for Agriculture and Food is live today — bringing together key stakeholders to shape the future of EU food and farming.
📌 The AVEC team is on site, contributing to the dialogue.
💬 Attending online or in person? Feel free to connect!
#EUAgriVision
📌 The AVEC team is on site, contributing to the dialogue.
💬 Attending online or in person? Feel free to connect!
#EUAgriVision