Consulte a Declaração (abaixo) da International Feed Industry Federation (Sindirações é filiado e membro do Board F4, EU, USA, Brazil and China) assinada conjuntamente com os parceiros da cadeia agropecuária global (International Meat Secretariat/IMS, International Poultry Council/IPC e International Dairy Federation/IDF) enviados à OIE, OMC e FAO sobre a questão COVID-19.
JOINT STATEMENT FROM THE INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK PARTNERSHIP ON COVID-19
Dear Director-Generals,
In these troubled times, international collaboration between the governmental and private sectors is more important than ever to ensure food safety, food security and nutrition and thus improving the general welfare of people around the world. Industry and global intergovernmental organizations must work together to ensure that both national food markets and the world market continue to be transparent, stable and reliable sources of food supply.
The members of the International Livestock Partnership welcome the actions taken thus far to support the continued well-functioning of value chains ensuring the production and availability of safe, nutritious and diversified animalsourced foods for all globally. As you have recognized, participants in the animal-sourced food value-chain – from livestock farmers and feed producers, to input suppliers, to those in process and packaging, those delivering food to points of purchase and many others – are providing essential services that must continue.
Food derived from farmed animals provides readily absorbed proteins and nutrients and are essential to human health and food security. We therefore need to work together so that the animal-sourced food value-chain globally is not disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, thus resulting in pronounced consequences for populations globally. Read more…