# The case for feeding pigmeal to poultry - Poultry News

> An industry article argues for relaxing the EU ban on feeding processed animal by-products to livestock, which has been in place since the BSE crisis. It notes that poultry meal has been allowed in aquaculture-style feeds since 2013 and that BSE is now virtually eradicated in the EU.

- Date: 2017-06-15 · published 2017-06-15T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region EU · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/70613-the-case-for-feeding-pigmeal-to-poultry-poultry-news
- Commodities: [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Fishmeal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FISHMEAL.md), [Meat & Bone Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MBM.md)

## Why it matters

Re-allowing rendered poultry and pig protein in feed would add a substitute protein source to the feed market, potentially easing demand for soybean meal and fishmeal over time.

## Read by commodity

- MBM: bullish ▲
- SBM: bearish ▼
- FISHMEAL: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBM | 2021-08-15 | [Feeding: The way is clear for animal meal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45671-feeding-the-way-is-clear-for-animal-meal.md) | -1.4% | -3.9% |
| 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% |
| SBM | 2018-11-14 | [China's top pig farming firm to follow new lower protein feed standards
						 \| The Pig Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62041-china-s-top-pig-farming-firm-to-follow-new-lower-protein-feed-standards-the-pig.md) | +1.1% | +1.8% |
| SBM | 2021-05-05 | [China reshapes poultry feed formulations - Poultry World](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47205-china-reshapes-poultry-feed-formulations-poultry-world.md) | +5.7% | -5.7% |
| SBM | 2018-10-11 | [China mulls cutting protein in animal feed as soybean supply tightens
						 \| The Poultry Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8562-china-mulls-cutting-protein-in-animal-feed-as-soybean-supply-tightens-the.md) | +3.8% | -1.3% |

## Sources

- poultrynews.co.uk: https://www.poultrynews.co.uk/production/the-case-for-feeding-pigmeal-to-poultry.html

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