# EU to lift ban on animal by-products for livestock food - UK Human Rights Blog

> The EU is moving to lift its ban on feeding processed animal by-products such as meat and bone meal to livestock. The ban had been in place since the BSE crisis and restricted the protein sources available to farmed animals, including pigs and poultry.

- Date: 2021-06-30 · published 2021-06-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region EU · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/46717-eu-to-lift-ban-on-animal-by-products-for-livestock-food-uk-human-rights-blog
- Commodities: [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Meat & Bone Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MBM.md)

## Why it matters

Allowing meat and bone meal back into livestock rations adds a cheaper animal protein supply that can replace some soymeal demand, which is bearish for soybean meal and meat and bone meal prices.

## Read by commodity

- MBM: bearish ▼
- SBM: bearish ▼

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## Sources

- ukhumanrightsblog.com: https://ukhumanrightsblog.com/2021/06/30/eu-to-lift-ban-on-animal-by-products-for-livestock-food/

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