FEDIAF EuropeanPetFood

FEDIAF is the voice of the European pet food industry. We represent 15 national pet food industry associations and five pet food manufacturers operating in Europe, accounting for around 95% of the market. We work closely with EU institutions, national authorities, scientific bodies and NGOs to ensure the availability of safe, nutritious and high-quality pet food across Europe, while promoting best practices and…

FEDIAF, the European Pet Food Association, acknowledges and supports the role of renewable energy in achieving the climate ambitions of the EU. Our members have made several commitments in this area already. We believe the revision of the Renewable Energy Directive and its Annex IX provides a good opportunity to address these challenges.

FEDIAF Position Paper on Green Claims Directive, July 2023 FEDIAF, the European Pet Food Association, welcomes the European Commissions proposal for the Green Claims Directive. Throughout the Commissions consultation process, FEDIAF has sought to be a constructive partner.

Biotechnology is essential for securing a stable and sustainable supply of key pet food ingredients, including amino acids, vitamins, enzymes, probiotics, and bio-based proteins. The European Biotech Act offers a needed opportunity to simplify todays regulatory landscape and strengthen ingredient availability.

FEDIAF, the voice of the European pet food industry, welcomes the EC's initiative to develop a European Biotech Act II and supports its objective to strengthen the EUs industrial biotechnology and biomanufacturing ecosystem. Biotechnology plays a key role in the pet food sector, which relies on a wide range of biotechderived ingredients to ensure safe, nutritious and sustainable products.

FEDIAF, the European Pet Food Industry Association representing ~95% of the EU sector, welcomes this initiative and wishes to draw attention to an under-addressed consequence of the current renewable energy incentive structure: the growing diversion of Category 3 Animal By-Products (ABPs) particularly animal fats away from feed and pet food uses and towards biofuels and biogas, driven by RED incentives including…

FEDIAF, the European Pet Food Industry Federation, welcomes the opportunity to respond to this call for evidence. Our central point is this: the technologies these criteria qualify will decide whether recycled content can be sourced for pet food packaging at all, because mechanical recycling cannot currently supply contact-suitable material for our non-PET multilayer flexibles.

FEDIAF, the European Pet Food Industry Federation, welcomes the opportunity to respond to this call for evidence. Our central point is this: pet food packaging is contact-sensitive packaging carrying the full Article 7 obligation, and for the non-PET multilayer flexibles that dominate our sector, chemical recycling counted on a mass-balance basis is the only route to compliant material.

FEDIAF, the European Pet Food Industry Association, welcomes the opportunity to contribute to this consultation and to provide technical input on the proposed amendments to Annexes V and VI of Directive (EU) 2018/2001.

FEDIAF, the European Pet Food Industry Federation, welcomes the opportunity to respond to this call for evidence. Our central point is this: meeting the 2030 targets will depend in part on recyclate sourced outside the EU, so the equivalence methodology directly shapes the availability and cost of compliant material for pet food packaging.

FEDIAF, the European Pet Food Association, is the collective voice of its members, comprising 15 national associations and 5 direct companies. The Association advocates for the interests of approximately 150 pet food companies across Europe, representing 95% of the industry. FEDIAF welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback to the EC proposal for new rules on the welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability.

FEDIAF is the trade body representing the European pet food industry. Our association brings together 15 national trade associations from 18 countries and five companies that are members in their own capacity. We welcome the opportunity to contribute to the call for evidence and evaluation of EFSA performance in the years 2017- 2024 and thank the European Commission for consideration of our initial feedback as…

FEDIAF, the European Pet Food Association has noted with interest the proposed amendments to the Directive 2002/32 and associated annexes. We support the ongoing updates to this Directive as need and additional science develops to drive such changes. However, we urge those responsible for such updates to be led by a balance of informed risk assessment and emerging, peer reviewed science to direct updates.

FEDIAF, the European Pet Food Industry Federation, thanks to the European Commission for the opportunity to express our views on the EC Inception Impact Assessment - Ares(2020)7546840 – on the Revision of the Feed Additives Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003. FEDIAF full feedback as shared via position paper in the attachment.