“We will have to remain alert … we are still in a very volatile situation,” FEFAC Secretary General Alexander Durante said in a Feed Matters podcast.
Referring to the abattoirs, which first gave the impression in the United States but also affected a number of these services in European markets, he said that, in general, the EU feed production sector has put in place remote regulations to date.
“The rule of social estrangement is a key factor for all players in the human and animal food chain. But a key learning is that the more desires are made, the more desires will be considered to ensure that our comforts can continue to function; the maximum of our power plants works 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, so there have been primary changes in the way labor changes are organized, and [education] has been provided for truck drivers to make certain food deliveries to the farm. What has helped in this regard is the strong investment in biosecurity throughout the sector,” D-ring said.
Information was also obtained on what technological innovation can bring to the sector, in terms of remote work, for example.
To ensure continuity of the activities of feed and premix manufacturers, he said that transparent and open communication with companies, national fitness authorities, European regulators and global organizations must keep borders open and that industry remains at the forefront of Covid-like advances. -19.
“Regulations replace almost every week, so you must have the ability to adapt to a very transformative situation, to Covid-19’s new control regulations regarding recommendations on shipping and moving goods.
“There is no place for complacency.”
FEFAC still expects a significant slowdown in overall food production until 2020. But he pointed to positive developments at the foreign level, such as global markets for agricultural products that now see a greater climate influence than the pandemic, and the fact that foreign micro-ingredients industry turns out to be operating more or less normally.
FEFAC has been forced to adapt as an organization. Its conference, originally scheduled for June 2020 and then postponed until September 2020, has noticed a change in position in format and location, as a result of the new Covid-19 restrictions just being put in place in Belgium. The convention will now take place in Brussels, Antwerp, but on the same dates – 24-25 September 2020. This will be a combined offer of an on-site event, mainly for FEFAC members, with the transmission of key sessions such as the FEFAC Sustainable Development Charter and industry’s reaction to the EU Green Pact.