Cost of production is soaring and not being recovered in the marketplace, thereby jeopardising long-term UK security, business viability, and economic growth. The rising cost of energy, feed, labour, fuel, water, trade, transport, packaging, and red-tape, with the burden of avian influenza, means production of British poultry meat is shrinking and access to food risks […] The post Pile it high, sell it for a price that gives a fair return for the producer appeared first on The British Poultry Council ..read more

For a prosperous environment, everyone must be somewhat prosperous too If environmental improvement is the Government’s priority, as set out in a recent review of their ‘ambitious’ environment plan, then it is fair to say that Britain’s poultry meat producers do not need a roadmap, they need room and support to invest. With the right […] The post Investing in resilience means making investments resilient appeared first on The British Poultry Council ..read more

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The British Poultry Council has released its 2022 Antibiotic Stewardship Report, highlighting the significant achievements made by the British poultry meat sector’s drive for excellence in bird health and welfare whilst safeguarding the efficacy of antibiotics across the supply chain. Ongoing collaboration and sharing of data in the industry that is putting food on every […] The post ‘Working together works’: Stewardship delivers again on antibiotic reductions appeared first on The British Poultry Council ..read more

Address bird flu challenges with food supply in mind, Mr Griffiths tells EFRA Select Committee. British food security and business continuity must be built into measures addressing the impact of avian influenza, BPC Chief Executive told MPs today. In an EFRA Committee session, BPC Chief Executive Richard Griffiths joined turkey farmer and BPC member, Paul […] The post Redefine ‘risk’ to address realities of bird flu, warns BPC Chief Executive appeared first on The British Poultry Council ..read more

Poultry meat inclusion on seasonal worker visa scheme will strengthen food security, says BPC Chief Executive. Government’s newly launched food strategy must seek to safeguard world class British food standards, says the British Poultry Council. BPC welcome a series of measures designed to support Britain’s £8.1 billion poultry industry in playing its key role in […] The post National Food Strategy should be a step towards safeguarding British food standards, says BPC appeared first on The British Poultry Council ..read more

Delaying full controls until 2023 dances round disparity and the consequences of third country trading, warns the British Poultry Council. A repeated failure to implement full controls on product entering the UK from the EU will cost British poultry meat businesses millions as they continue to absorb costly disparity in cross-Channel trade. Delays to the […] The post The “world’s best border” is not concerned with fair UK-EU trade appeared first on The British Poultry Council ..read more

I get that public procurement of food is complex area that is often bureaucratically fragmented, and I see how hard the experts in the field – both authorities and industry – work to provide a service on shoe-string budgets. What I don’t get is why public procurement is short-changed politically when getting it right would […] The post Public Procurement is a win-win appeared first on The British Poultry Council ..read more

Following the release of the EFRA Committee’s latest report on labour, the BPC says pragmatic policies and a willingness to engage must remain at the core of Government efforts to ‘level up.’ A future-fit British poultry meat industry depends on a dynamic combination of investment in technology and skills, revised immigration measures and a “shift […] The post Government must work with Britain’s poultry producers to build a sustainable labour plan appeared first on The British Poultry Council ..read more

An ongoing lack of reciprocity in UK-EU trade risks “normalising unfair trade with our largest and most important trading partner,” warns BPC Chief Executive. Plans to delay controls, as reported in the Financial Times, defers, rather than confronts, the consequences of the Brexit that this Government said they would deliver. British poultry meat exporters had […] The post Kicking the ‘controls can’ down the road is helping UK competition appeared first on The British Poultry Council ..read more