NEWS FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE June 2025 17 The European Feed Manufacturers' Federation (FEFAC) market experts' forecasts continued stability in the EU compound feed production market for 2025. The total industrial compound feed production in the EU27 is expected to reach 146.1 million tonnes, marking a slight decrease of - 0.34% compared to 2024. This marginal change reflects relative stability across most animal production sectors, despite increasing market uncertainty and varied national market trends. The EU compound feed sector remains resilient in the face of continuing economic, geopolitical, regulatory, environmental, and animal disease related challenges, according to the experts. In 2025, EU cattle feed production is forecast at 41.285 million tonnes, a decrease of 1.4% compared to 2024. Among the major producing countries, Germany is expected to see a modest increase (+1.2%), while the Netherlands is projected to experience a significant decline of - 5.0%, mainly due to regulatory policies. Spain, the largest cattle feed producer, expects a decrease of - 3.6%. Poland, in contrast, is forecast to increase slightly by +3.9%. Most other Member States anticipate either stable or slightly reduced production levels, reflecting the overall downward trend in the sector due to environmental policies and animal deceases such as the recent outbreaks of highly infectious foot-and-mouth disease (FMD). Read more>> EU feed production expected to reach 146.1 million tons Photo: FEFAC The International Cooperation for Convergence of Technical Requirements for the Assessment of Feed Ingredients (ICCF) Steering Committee announced that it endorsed the guidance document on ‘Feed Ingredients Risk Assessment (Phase 2) of feed ingredients’. In January 2023, an Expert Working Group composed of dedicated regulatory authority and industry experts from the founding ICCF members was created to develop a guidance document providing recommendations for the evaluation of the risk of feed ingredients for the environment, if not exempted from further evaluation based on the guidance document #06 on ‘Feed Ingredients Environmental Risk Assessment Approach’. The guidance document provides a stepwise approach for further refining the Predicted Environmental Concentration (PEC) of the constituent entities contained in the feed ingredient and for evaluating the risk on terrestrial and aquatic environmental compartment. Based on various studies covering both environmental compartments, the Predicted Non-Effect Concentration (PNEC) of the constituent entities contained in the feed ingredient is defined. The safety of the feed ingredient is then evaluated by comparing the PEC and the PNEC (i.e. the risk quotient) for each of the relevant constituent entities. If the risk quotient in less than one (1) for all the constituent entities, the feed ingredient is not expected to present a risk for the environment. Read more>> ICCF publishes guidance on feed ingredients environmental risk assessment Photo: ICCF
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