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Unaitalia - Unione nazionale filiere agroalimentari delle carni e delle uova

UNAITALIA

Unaitalia is the trade association that promotes and represents the Italian agri-food supply chains for meat and eggs and represents over 90% of the entire national poultry chain and a very large slice of the swine sector.

Lobbying Activity

Response to Information and promotion measures for agricultural and food products in the internal market and in non-EU countries

4 Mar 2021

Per quanto riguarda il tema della tutela ambientale e della biodiversità, a nostro avviso, sarebbe utile evitare la stigmatizzazione di interi settori produttivi. In altre parole, il Legislatore europeo, nella revisione della politica di promozione, non dovrebbe considerare alcuni settori come non sostenibili a priori ma, piuttosto, concentrare l’attenzione sui metodi di produzione (invece che sul singolo prodotto). Allo stesso modo, quando si parla di alimentazione sana, sarebbe opportuno focalizzare l’attenzione sulla dieta e non tanto sul singolo ingrediente/nutriente onde evitare di avere una visione parziale del problema. Com’è noto infatti, una dieta sana e bilanciata è composta da vari cibi assunti nelle giuste proporzioni accompagnati da una adeguata attività fisica.
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Response to Revision of EU marketing standards for agricultural products

16 Feb 2021

EGGS We can summarize our position with these points: 1) FREE RANGE_the limit of 16 weeks for housing restrictions to protect animal health: the time of 16 weeks is too short in our experience. It could be useful to harmonize the rules between similar systems (for example, aligning with the organic rule which foresees at least 1/3 of the life of hens outdoors); 2) SUSTAINABILITY_solar panel outdoor: we believe that the outdoor solar panel solution can be a very interesting way to produce renewable energy and provide shade and hiding places for animals; 3) UNFAIR COMPETITION: We believe it is important to highlight the information on the country where the eggs were produced to provide the consumer with better information and to enhance European productions which must comply with much stricter rules in terms of quality.; 4) END OF WASTE: we believe it could be useful to extend the shelf life of eggs taking into consideration all the improvements of the last years made both in terms of production and logistic conditions. 5) TRACEABILITY_Stamping/marking of eggs directly on the farm: it would be useful to have a uniform obligation at European level. If this is not possible, we believe it is important to give each Member State the possibility to provide for this obligation.
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Response to New authorized inputs and extended derogation for non-organic pullets and non-organic protein feed in organic production

18 Nov 2020

Unaitalia è l’associazione di categoria che tutela e promuove le filiere agroalimentari italiane delle carni e delle uova. In particolare, siamo favorevoli all'estensione di 1 anno delle due deroghe definite nel Regolamento (CE) 889/2008 (articoli 42b e 43): 1) sull'utilizzo di pollastre allevate in modo non biologico per la produzione di uova; 2) sull'utilizzo del 5% massimo di mangime proteico non biologico. Queste deroghe sono fondamentali per dare una sufficiente flessibilità ai produttori e per mantenere il livello di produzione biologica europea di pollame e uova nel 2021, prima dell'attuazione del nuovo regolamento che si applicherà all'inizio del 2022.
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Response to Fitness Check of the EU legislation on animal welfare

29 Jul 2020

Unaitalia believe that the general debate on animal welfare should be science based and consider all aspects involved in terms of sustainability and impact in the sector. Animal welfare legislation is a key asset in livestock management and should be consistent with biosecurity and health legislation in livestock production and should also take into account the economic impact on the sector in terms of trade policies, having in mind that poultry legislation in the EU is among the highest in the world, having an impact in terms of costs and competitiveness for the European producers. In such a context we hope that EFSA, asked to do a scientific update on current animal welfare legislation, will include sustainability thoughts in their evaluation since it is a fact that changes in animal welfare often would have a negative impact on climate and environment
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