6 FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE April 2025 A key player in the French animal nutrition sector, AFCA-CIAL has been defending the interests of companies specializing in nutritional supplementation for over 80 years. The aim of supplementation is to improve and balance livestock rations, thereby guaranteeing their well-being and performance. Its 130 member companies include additive suppliers, premix manufacturers and manufacturers of complementary feeds, representing virtually the entire industry in France. Some key figures for the supplements sector in France: • 500,000 t of supplements produced • 40% export sales (EU and non-EU) • 2 billion euros in sales in France • 9 000 employees AFCA-CIAL promotes responsible animal nutrition, involving the companies in safety, health, animal welfare and sustainability. AFCA-CIAL is fully committed to helping its members meet the challenges they face in terms of competitiveness and sovereignty, as well as the challenges of the livestock sector. AFCA-CIAL has several key missions: regulatory expertise, representing and defending the interests of the profession, and promoting the additives and complements businesses. These missions are carried out at both French and EU level. Feed safety is a fundamental pillar for companies in the sector. AFCA-CIAL and the other French animal nutrition unions (SNIA and La Coopération Agricole Nutrition Animale) are members of OQUALIM, a French association dedicated to the quality and safety of feed. This association manages certification standard and pooled-self monitoring plans to guarantee feed safety. Similarly, health nutrition is the founding principle of supplementation. AFCA-CIAL's mission is to promote nutritional solutions and the expertise of its members. It contributes to facilitating access to the market for effective solutions that strengthen the health and defenses of animals, contribute to improving their well-being, and help limit the use of drugs and reduce the risk of antibiotic resistance. Work is being carried out to provide a framework for the use of claims, with the publication of a good practice guide and the organization of technical days. Compliance with the regulation is essential for the legal security of professionals, the credibility of the sector and the provision of accurate information to users. The competitiveness of the supplements sector is a key issue for the livestock industry and the European economy. Exports to third countries are an essential part of this competitiveness. AFCACIAL, in collaboration with the French authorities, is working to facilitate its members' collective access to third-country markets; in China in particular, with the opening of the market to additives, premixes and compound feeds in the future. AFCA-CIAL is mobilizing alongside the authorities to remove the import and export sanitary bottlenecks encountered by its members. FRANCE'S DYNAMIC FEED SUPPLEMENTS SECTOR Géraldine CHANU Director AFCA-CIAL LEAD ARTICLE
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