FEDIOL_EU
@fediol.bsky.social
The Brussels-based association representing the European vegetable oil and proteinmeal Industry. #vegetableoil #foodsafety #responsiblesourcing www.fediol.eu
The latest developments regarding #EUDR have exacerbated the degree of uncertainty that our companies experience, challenging security of supplies.
🚧 The conclusion is that application of the EUDR should be put on hold to allow addressing critical aspects of the Regulation 👉 tinyurl.com/2u7vb8ku
🚧 The conclusion is that application of the EUDR should be put on hold to allow addressing critical aspects of the Regulation 👉 tinyurl.com/2u7vb8ku
October 31, 2025 at 11:04 AM
The latest developments regarding #EUDR have exacerbated the degree of uncertainty that our companies experience, challenging security of supplies.
🚧 The conclusion is that application of the EUDR should be put on hold to allow addressing critical aspects of the Regulation 👉 tinyurl.com/2u7vb8ku
🚧 The conclusion is that application of the EUDR should be put on hold to allow addressing critical aspects of the Regulation 👉 tinyurl.com/2u7vb8ku
For the #EUDR to go ahead successfully, some ▶️ critical issues require immediate attention ◀️
We have elaborated on these issues in a new opinion piece 👉 tinyurl.com/2efm6zvu
#Deforestation #SupplyChain #Sustainability
We have elaborated on these issues in a new opinion piece 👉 tinyurl.com/2efm6zvu
#Deforestation #SupplyChain #Sustainability
October 21, 2025 at 11:12 AM
For the #EUDR to go ahead successfully, some ▶️ critical issues require immediate attention ◀️
We have elaborated on these issues in a new opinion piece 👉 tinyurl.com/2efm6zvu
#Deforestation #SupplyChain #Sustainability
We have elaborated on these issues in a new opinion piece 👉 tinyurl.com/2efm6zvu
#Deforestation #SupplyChain #Sustainability
⏳ Myth 4: Vegetable oil has no expiry date.
🤔 This one can be confusing! Let's clarify the difference between a "use-by" date and a "best before" date.
A thread 🧵
#Mythbusters #FEDIOL #NutritionLabelling
🤔 This one can be confusing! Let's clarify the difference between a "use-by" date and a "best before" date.
A thread 🧵
#Mythbusters #FEDIOL #NutritionLabelling
October 7, 2025 at 8:24 AM
⏳ Myth 4: Vegetable oil has no expiry date.
🤔 This one can be confusing! Let's clarify the difference between a "use-by" date and a "best before" date.
A thread 🧵
#Mythbusters #FEDIOL #NutritionLabelling
🤔 This one can be confusing! Let's clarify the difference between a "use-by" date and a "best before" date.
A thread 🧵
#Mythbusters #FEDIOL #NutritionLabelling
🍔 Myth 3: Fats and oils are bad for you and make you gain weight.
Is it true❓ Let's clarify matters: the truth is that your body NEEDS fats and oils❗️
A thread 🧵
#VegetableOils #Mythbusters #FEDIOL
Is it true❓ Let's clarify matters: the truth is that your body NEEDS fats and oils❗️
A thread 🧵
#VegetableOils #Mythbusters #FEDIOL
September 26, 2025 at 10:51 AM
🍔 Myth 3: Fats and oils are bad for you and make you gain weight.
Is it true❓ Let's clarify matters: the truth is that your body NEEDS fats and oils❗️
A thread 🧵
#VegetableOils #Mythbusters #FEDIOL
Is it true❓ Let's clarify matters: the truth is that your body NEEDS fats and oils❗️
A thread 🧵
#VegetableOils #Mythbusters #FEDIOL
The EU's #bioeconomy can help us transition from fossil fuels, but concerns about #biomass shortages pose a substantial risk. Using #sustainability criteria can incentivize the use of 1st generation biomass while staying within planetary boundaries.
Read our full #OpEd 👉 tinyurl.com/3kt4d2cm 💚
Read our full #OpEd 👉 tinyurl.com/3kt4d2cm 💚
September 22, 2025 at 10:31 AM
The EU's #bioeconomy can help us transition from fossil fuels, but concerns about #biomass shortages pose a substantial risk. Using #sustainability criteria can incentivize the use of 1st generation biomass while staying within planetary boundaries.
Read our full #OpEd 👉 tinyurl.com/3kt4d2cm 💚
Read our full #OpEd 👉 tinyurl.com/3kt4d2cm 💚
🫙 Myth 2: All vegetable oils are similar & look alike 🧐
Have you ever seen a dark green oil next to a light yellow one? Their colors, and their uses, are totally different! We're busting this myth with facts. A thread 🧵
#Mythbusters #FEDIOL #VegetableOils
Have you ever seen a dark green oil next to a light yellow one? Their colors, and their uses, are totally different! We're busting this myth with facts. A thread 🧵
#Mythbusters #FEDIOL #VegetableOils
September 19, 2025 at 10:05 AM
🫙 Myth 2: All vegetable oils are similar & look alike 🧐
Have you ever seen a dark green oil next to a light yellow one? Their colors, and their uses, are totally different! We're busting this myth with facts. A thread 🧵
#Mythbusters #FEDIOL #VegetableOils
Have you ever seen a dark green oil next to a light yellow one? Their colors, and their uses, are totally different! We're busting this myth with facts. A thread 🧵
#Mythbusters #FEDIOL #VegetableOils
➡️ Refining removes impurities to improve the oil’s taste and appearance.
➡️ Hydrogenation makes a liquid oil solid, like for the fluffiness of a croissant 🥐
Two different processes, two different goals 🎯
#FoodFacts #FoodScience
➡️ Hydrogenation makes a liquid oil solid, like for the fluffiness of a croissant 🥐
Two different processes, two different goals 🎯
#FoodFacts #FoodScience
September 10, 2025 at 11:06 AM
➡️ Refining removes impurities to improve the oil’s taste and appearance.
➡️ Hydrogenation makes a liquid oil solid, like for the fluffiness of a croissant 🥐
Two different processes, two different goals 🎯
#FoodFacts #FoodScience
➡️ Hydrogenation makes a liquid oil solid, like for the fluffiness of a croissant 🥐
Two different processes, two different goals 🎯
#FoodFacts #FoodScience
Is refining the same as hydrogenation? 🤔
It's a myth we're busting this week!
We're explaining what happens to #vegetableoils before they reach your table 🍽️ A thread 🧵
#Mythbusters #FEDIOL #NutritionFacts
It's a myth we're busting this week!
We're explaining what happens to #vegetableoils before they reach your table 🍽️ A thread 🧵
#Mythbusters #FEDIOL #NutritionFacts
September 10, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Is refining the same as hydrogenation? 🤔
It's a myth we're busting this week!
We're explaining what happens to #vegetableoils before they reach your table 🍽️ A thread 🧵
#Mythbusters #FEDIOL #NutritionFacts
It's a myth we're busting this week!
We're explaining what happens to #vegetableoils before they reach your table 🍽️ A thread 🧵
#Mythbusters #FEDIOL #NutritionFacts
⚠️ As of today 30/6, there will be 6 months left until #EUDR implementation kicks in.
Despite progress in #FAQs and EC Guidance, critical issues remain:
1️⃣ information system,
2️⃣ legality requirements and
3️⃣ methods for assessing & validating compliance
Read more 👉 bit.ly/45OFv1Q
Despite progress in #FAQs and EC Guidance, critical issues remain:
1️⃣ information system,
2️⃣ legality requirements and
3️⃣ methods for assessing & validating compliance
Read more 👉 bit.ly/45OFv1Q
June 30, 2025 at 2:39 PM
⚠️ As of today 30/6, there will be 6 months left until #EUDR implementation kicks in.
Despite progress in #FAQs and EC Guidance, critical issues remain:
1️⃣ information system,
2️⃣ legality requirements and
3️⃣ methods for assessing & validating compliance
Read more 👉 bit.ly/45OFv1Q
Despite progress in #FAQs and EC Guidance, critical issues remain:
1️⃣ information system,
2️⃣ legality requirements and
3️⃣ methods for assessing & validating compliance
Read more 👉 bit.ly/45OFv1Q
For the EU #Bioeconomy Strategy to be effective, concrete measures are essential, such as better access to feedstocks, stimulate investments in EU, create a level playing field for biobased products, and turn the EU's strong expertise into concrete market solutions 💚 ⬇️ @eubioeconomy.bsky.social
June 26, 2025 at 5:09 PM
For the EU #Bioeconomy Strategy to be effective, concrete measures are essential, such as better access to feedstocks, stimulate investments in EU, create a level playing field for biobased products, and turn the EU's strong expertise into concrete market solutions 💚 ⬇️ @eubioeconomy.bsky.social
Supporting a sustainable transition in our value chains requires setting up a striving #bioeconomy, that creates demand and value for agricultural #commodities.
#Oilseeds processing is a cornerstone of the bioeconomy 🌻
#FEDIOL2025GA #EUAgriFoodVision
#Oilseeds processing is a cornerstone of the bioeconomy 🌻
#FEDIOL2025GA #EUAgriFoodVision
June 13, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Supporting a sustainable transition in our value chains requires setting up a striving #bioeconomy, that creates demand and value for agricultural #commodities.
#Oilseeds processing is a cornerstone of the bioeconomy 🌻
#FEDIOL2025GA #EUAgriFoodVision
#Oilseeds processing is a cornerstone of the bioeconomy 🌻
#FEDIOL2025GA #EUAgriFoodVision
MEP Kathleen Van Brempt kicks off #FEDIOL2025GA Conference today! In her inspirational keynote speech she stressed the need to uphold #multilateralism in the new geopolitical context in which we live. Only by keeping dialogue will we strenghthen EU powerful economy, reliability and #competitiveness.
June 13, 2025 at 8:53 AM
MEP Kathleen Van Brempt kicks off #FEDIOL2025GA Conference today! In her inspirational keynote speech she stressed the need to uphold #multilateralism in the new geopolitical context in which we live. Only by keeping dialogue will we strenghthen EU powerful economy, reliability and #competitiveness.
📣 #FEDIOL2025GA Conference is tomorrow!
Focus will be on 👉current geopolitical context & its implication for business and on 👉 aligning policy with requirements of the agri-food chain 🌱
How to ensure a level playing field without losing sight of EU #sustainability objectives?
🔗 lnkd.in/e_fpMUEs
Focus will be on 👉current geopolitical context & its implication for business and on 👉 aligning policy with requirements of the agri-food chain 🌱
How to ensure a level playing field without losing sight of EU #sustainability objectives?
🔗 lnkd.in/e_fpMUEs
June 12, 2025 at 2:07 PM
📣 #FEDIOL2025GA Conference is tomorrow!
Focus will be on 👉current geopolitical context & its implication for business and on 👉 aligning policy with requirements of the agri-food chain 🌱
How to ensure a level playing field without losing sight of EU #sustainability objectives?
🔗 lnkd.in/e_fpMUEs
Focus will be on 👉current geopolitical context & its implication for business and on 👉 aligning policy with requirements of the agri-food chain 🌱
How to ensure a level playing field without losing sight of EU #sustainability objectives?
🔗 lnkd.in/e_fpMUEs
📣 FEDIOL annual event is in 10 days!
Main topics to be debated around the drivers for EU #competitiveness will be:
📌 the current geopolitical context and its implication for business
📌 how to align policy with requirements of the agri-food chain
More info: bit.ly/4kNcUy4
#FEDIOL2025GA 💥
Main topics to be debated around the drivers for EU #competitiveness will be:
📌 the current geopolitical context and its implication for business
📌 how to align policy with requirements of the agri-food chain
More info: bit.ly/4kNcUy4
#FEDIOL2025GA 💥
June 3, 2025 at 2:12 PM
📣 FEDIOL annual event is in 10 days!
Main topics to be debated around the drivers for EU #competitiveness will be:
📌 the current geopolitical context and its implication for business
📌 how to align policy with requirements of the agri-food chain
More info: bit.ly/4kNcUy4
#FEDIOL2025GA 💥
Main topics to be debated around the drivers for EU #competitiveness will be:
📌 the current geopolitical context and its implication for business
📌 how to align policy with requirements of the agri-food chain
More info: bit.ly/4kNcUy4
#FEDIOL2025GA 💥
To future-proof EU #Agriculture & #Food, FEDIOL calls for a more comprehensive approach with a better coordination of the policies affecting the #agrifood system and a dedicated governance structure @ec.europa.eu level to ensure policy coherence!
🔗 bit.ly/4jMRnVL
🙌 #EUAgriFoodVision #EUpolicy
🔗 bit.ly/4jMRnVL
🙌 #EUAgriFoodVision #EUpolicy
May 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
To future-proof EU #Agriculture & #Food, FEDIOL calls for a more comprehensive approach with a better coordination of the policies affecting the #agrifood system and a dedicated governance structure @ec.europa.eu level to ensure policy coherence!
🔗 bit.ly/4jMRnVL
🙌 #EUAgriFoodVision #EUpolicy
🔗 bit.ly/4jMRnVL
🙌 #EUAgriFoodVision #EUpolicy
Geopolitics & shifts in EU priorities call on the #VegetableOil & protein meal industry to stay alert when securing supplies, managing costs, cutting emissions & mitigating admin burdens. 🔎Policy can support #sustainability & #competitiveness
🗓️ Mark your calendars: June 13, 2025! #FEDIOL2025GA
🗓️ Mark your calendars: June 13, 2025! #FEDIOL2025GA
May 22, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Geopolitics & shifts in EU priorities call on the #VegetableOil & protein meal industry to stay alert when securing supplies, managing costs, cutting emissions & mitigating admin burdens. 🔎Policy can support #sustainability & #competitiveness
🗓️ Mark your calendars: June 13, 2025! #FEDIOL2025GA
🗓️ Mark your calendars: June 13, 2025! #FEDIOL2025GA
We wish a happy retirement 🎉 to Michelle, Daniel and Stephan, three dear long-time colleagues. Thank you for all these years of collaboration and sharing challenges!
#ThankYou #HappyRetirement #WishingYouTheBest ✨
#ThankYou #HappyRetirement #WishingYouTheBest ✨
May 14, 2025 at 12:53 PM
We wish a happy retirement 🎉 to Michelle, Daniel and Stephan, three dear long-time colleagues. Thank you for all these years of collaboration and sharing challenges!
#ThankYou #HappyRetirement #WishingYouTheBest ✨
#ThankYou #HappyRetirement #WishingYouTheBest ✨
#Vegetableoils have different fatty acid profiles impacting how we cook 👨🍳 Our latest video illustrates the processes involved in veg oils production, from the sourcing to their different nutritional characteristics & culinary applications 🥘🥗🍟
Watch & learn more about our industry! ➡️ bit.ly/4cUbcrZ
Watch & learn more about our industry! ➡️ bit.ly/4cUbcrZ
April 28, 2025 at 10:16 AM
#Vegetableoils have different fatty acid profiles impacting how we cook 👨🍳 Our latest video illustrates the processes involved in veg oils production, from the sourcing to their different nutritional characteristics & culinary applications 🥘🥗🍟
Watch & learn more about our industry! ➡️ bit.ly/4cUbcrZ
Watch & learn more about our industry! ➡️ bit.ly/4cUbcrZ
Managing the risk of #salmonella contamination in the #feed chain 🐔🐷🐮remains a daily challenge for operators.Todays workshop aims to stimulate reflection and to improve the understanding of occurrence, scientific gaps, sampling, analytics, and common practices.
No EU harmonisation in sight yet.
No EU harmonisation in sight yet.
April 16, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Managing the risk of #salmonella contamination in the #feed chain 🐔🐷🐮remains a daily challenge for operators.Todays workshop aims to stimulate reflection and to improve the understanding of occurrence, scientific gaps, sampling, analytics, and common practices.
No EU harmonisation in sight yet.
No EU harmonisation in sight yet.
Fediol President, Christophe Beaunoir, joined the panel of high levels speakers sharing his experience on driving #sustainability improvement through work on practices at farm level 🧑🌾
#food #resilience #competitiveness #EUFoodSystem #EUIndustry
#food #resilience #competitiveness #EUFoodSystem #EUIndustry
February 14, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Fediol President, Christophe Beaunoir, joined the panel of high levels speakers sharing his experience on driving #sustainability improvement through work on practices at farm level 🧑🌾
#food #resilience #competitiveness #EUFoodSystem #EUIndustry
#food #resilience #competitiveness #EUFoodSystem #EUIndustry
🍃 How will the @ec.europa.eu deal with #carbon footprint of farming?
⚖️ What implications in case of an EU Emissions Trading System for #agriculture ? #agETS
💡 We organise an internal workshop today to reflect on any EU policy on pricing agricultural #emissions.
⚖️ What implications in case of an EU Emissions Trading System for #agriculture ? #agETS
💡 We organise an internal workshop today to reflect on any EU policy on pricing agricultural #emissions.
January 29, 2025 at 8:10 AM
🍃 How will the @ec.europa.eu deal with #carbon footprint of farming?
⚖️ What implications in case of an EU Emissions Trading System for #agriculture ? #agETS
💡 We organise an internal workshop today to reflect on any EU policy on pricing agricultural #emissions.
⚖️ What implications in case of an EU Emissions Trading System for #agriculture ? #agETS
💡 We organise an internal workshop today to reflect on any EU policy on pricing agricultural #emissions.
👋 #EUDR 1-year postponement is acted!
It is now imperative to overcome the remaining obstacles to the implementation of the Regulation by encouraging clarity and simplifications.
Let's continue working together towards workable results 🤝
It is now imperative to overcome the remaining obstacles to the implementation of the Regulation by encouraging clarity and simplifications.
Let's continue working together towards workable results 🤝
December 17, 2024 at 8:31 PM
👋 #EUDR 1-year postponement is acted!
It is now imperative to overcome the remaining obstacles to the implementation of the Regulation by encouraging clarity and simplifications.
Let's continue working together towards workable results 🤝
It is now imperative to overcome the remaining obstacles to the implementation of the Regulation by encouraging clarity and simplifications.
Let's continue working together towards workable results 🤝