ASFAC

The EU's deforestation regulation (EUDR) will drive up the price of everyday foods like cheese, eggs, and meat for European families. It adds unnecessary costs to products from countries that don't contribute to global deforestation, and European producers and consumers end up paying the price. The Commission can’t claim to be lowering food costs while it’s needlessly increasing them. Europe's animal feed industry estimates EUDR compliance could cost EU farmers €1.4 billion in 2027 (h/t FEFAC). Most of that comes from an extra €30 a ton on soy, a main ingredient in animal feed. There's no good reason for this. The United States poses negligible deforestation risk, and U.S. forests have been stable or growing for decades. Removing compliance burdens for negligible-risk countries like the U.S. would lower costs for European consumers without undermining the EUDR's goals. The Commission should act in its EUDR review, before the clock runs out. @vonderleyen @JessikaRoswall @VDombrovskis @MarosSefcovic @CHansenEU