Lifting ban on PAPs in feed welcomed by industry

The EU has lifted its ban on the use of animal by-products for animal feed. The proposed change in legislation allows processed animal protein (PAPs) from pigs to be used in poultry feed, and from poultry to be used in pig feed. On 2 July, the EU Council voted unanimously to adopt the TSE regulation. Recently, also the European Commission has approved the proposal. The lifting of the ban is widely welcomed by the industry. In the wake of the BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) crisis in 1