IPC announces new trade policies

The International Poultry Council (IPC) decided on January 28 to adopt the IPC Trade Working Group (WG) policy principles position.

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The International Poultry Council (IPC) decided on January 28 to adopt the IPC Trade Working Group (WG) policy principles position. This position focuses on encouraging domestic poultry production as well as fair trade to meet the nutrition needs of the growing global population. The council also focuses on adherence to national and global rules as well as working with various international organizations to meet consumer needs and sustainability standards. 


The policies are as follows:

• The Trade Policy Working Group will focus on pre-competitive industry priorities globally in relation to trade in the areas of genetics, hatching eggs, day-old-poultry, and poultry meat.

• Supports a rules-based system under the auspices of the World Trade Organization (WTO) umbrella and bilateral agreements to ensure and facilitate fair trade.

• Recognizes the need for the trade of poultry and poultry products based upon national and global rules and standards that facilitate trade.

• Supports free and fair trade based on common international trade rules and scientific principles and in respect of different national production rules.

• Supports those policies and practices that facilitate fair trade, including transparency, application of science--based health certificates, and as related to SPS (sanitary and phytosanitary) measures, only to the extent necessary appropriate levels of protection for human and animal health.

• Works to address cultural, religious or production and processing factors being handled as marketplace choices and not as trade constraining factors.

• Supports tripartite "One Health" efforts by the World Health Organization (WHO), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) that contribute to human nutrition and healthy diets through trade.

• Supports efforts where poultry meat production and trade can help achieve United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs).

• Works with the multilateral international organizations -- including the Codex Alimentarius Commission (the Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme), FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization), WHO (World Health Organization), OIE (World Organization for Animal Health), and the World Trade Organization (WTO), including the WTO Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Committee -- to advance and accept the rules based system, and the standards, guidelines, and codes of practice that enhance and facilitate poultry meat trade.


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