# Sutralis - Food & Feed Experts in France

> France's Ministry of Agriculture has asked the national health agency for a new opinion on allowing processed animal protein (meat-and-bone meal) back into feed for poultry and pigs. The EU rule permitting it was published in August and was due to take effect in September, but France abstained and the situation remains unresolved.

- Date: 2021-10-18 · published 2021-10-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region EU · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/44679-sutralis-food-and-feed-experts-in-france
- Commodities: [Meat & Bone Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MBM.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

If poultry and pig feed can again use animal protein meals, supply of competing protein ingredients like soybean meal could loosen, though France's pending decision leaves near-term EU availability uncertain.

## Read by commodity

- MBM: bearish ▼
- SBM: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBM | 2017-11-07 | [CAP reform: From sustainable feed to sustainable food - IPES-Food](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68000-cap-reform-from-sustainable-feed-to-sustainable-food-ipes-food.md) | -1.5% | +8.0% |
| SBM | 2021-04-21 | [China issues guidance on reducing corn, soy use in feed \| Feed Strategy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47645-china-issues-guidance-on-reducing-corn-soy-use-in-feed-feed-strategy.md) | +3.5% | +0.1% |
| SBM | 2026-06-22 | [EXCLUSIVE: Commission mulls food, feed and fuel protein strategy \| Euractiv](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19158-exclusive-commission-mulls-food-feed-and-fuel-protein-strategy-euractiv.md) | +1.2% | +5.7% |
| SBM | 2023-04-14 | [Food security drives China to cut soymeal use in animal feed \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14849-food-security-drives-china-to-cut-soymeal-use-in-animal-feed-reuters.md) | -1.7% | -7.5% |
| SBM | 2021-08-23 | [EU to allow animal, insect meals in poultry, swine feed \| Feed Strategy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45672-eu-to-allow-animal-insect-meals-in-poultry-swine-feed-feed-strategy.md) | +0.2% | -2.5% |

## Sources

- sutralis.com: https://www.sutralis.com/blog/2021/10/18/meat-and-bone-meal-allowed-again-by-the-european-commission.html

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