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EU braces for pork supply, price challenges from sow-stall ban
Story Date: 4/24/2012
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Source: Tom Johnston, MEATINGPLACE, 4/24/12
Pork producers in Europe are bracing for the impacts from a sow-stall ban slated to take effect Jan. 1, 2013. Early indications, according to a British Pig Executive report, are that pork production will decrease by 5 percent to 10 percent and prices will increase.
At immediate issue is compliance. The report noted that only three member states are compliant; nine have said they expect to be compliant by the start date; and 12 have not been able to assure they will be fully compliant by then.
With the EU expected to take a hard line on compliance, BPEX is urging action.
“There are about 250 days to go until 1 January 2013. It is imperative for retailers and processors to ensure contract arrangements that guarantee the supply of pig meat under terms that allow sensible business decisions to be made and for everyone in the supply chain to work towards a sustainable, profitable sector,” BPEX Chairman Stewart Houston said in the report.
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