What FEFAC does

FEFAC (European Feed Manufacturers' Federation) is a Brussels-based non-profit trade federation registered as an aisbl under Belgian law, founded in 1959. It represents the European compound feed and premix industry, with membership drawn from national feed manufacturer associations across Europe. The federation serves as the unified representative voice for compound feed manufacturers, livestock farmers, aquaculture producers, and feed additive producers in EU policy processes.

FEFAC's core offerings are policy advocacy, industry frameworks, and technical guidance rather than commercial products. Its flagship initiative is the Feed Sustainability Charter 2030, launched in September 2020, which sets five strategic ambitions covering climate neutrality, resource efficiency, responsible sourcing, animal health and welfare, and socio-economic resilience. The federation publishes annual progress reports against this charter (the 5th edition released in October 2025). Complementary industry frameworks include the FEFAC Soy Sourcing Guidelines with benchmarking tools, the EU Feed Circularity Catalogue, the Sustainable Animal Feeding Strategies awareness campaign, and a 2025 EU Vulnerability Study on Essential Nutritional Feed Additives that informed the European Commission's December 2025 Joint Communication on Strengthening EU Economic Security.

The federation's business model is membership dues-based, with no commercial revenue streams. It operates from a single Brussels office with 16 employees, funded by national feed industry associations and supporting member companies. Its go-to-market is institutional lobbying and industry convening: FEFAC coordinates joint statements with allied federations (Copa-Cogeca, COCERAL, FEDIOL, FoodDrink Europe, FEFANA, DVT, EUROFAC, Euroseeds, Donau Soja, EBB, GAFTA), co-organizes the International Feed Regulators Meeting with FAO and IFIF, and runs the FEFAC Congress, Feed Chats webinar series, and active social media communications. The federation is governed by a Board led by President Pedro Cordero and is registered in the EU Transparency Register (77105321408-83).

Name

FEFAC

Legal name

FEFAC aisbl

Website

https://fefac.eu

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

FEFAC is a Brussels-based non-profit trade federation founded in 1959 that represents the European compound feed and premix industry. It develops sustainability frameworks, advocates on EU policy, and convenes members and value-chain partners across Europe.

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Headquarters

HQ city

Brussels

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

FEFAC is a non-profit European trade federation that represents the compound feed and premix industry toward EU institutions. It delivers policy advocacy, sustainability frameworks (notably the Feed Sustainability Charter 2030), responsible sourcing guidelines (Soy Sourcing Guidelines), the EU Feed Circularity Catalogue, and industry studies such as the EU Vulnerability Study on access to essential nutritional feed additives. Its core outputs are position papers, progress reports, awareness campaigns, and coordinated industry guidance for members and EU policymakers.

Product overview

FEFAC is the European Feed Manufacturers' Federation, an industry association representing the European compound feed and premix industry. Rather than a commercial product company, FEFAC provides industry-wide services including policy advocacy, sustainability frameworks, and guidance documents. Its core offerings include the Feed Sustainability Charter 2030 with five strategic ambitions, the Soy Sourcing Guidelines with benchmarking tools, the EU Feed Circularity Catalogue addressing regulatory obstacles, and the Sustainable Animal Feeding Strategies awareness campaign. FEFAC publishes annual Feed Sustainability Charter Progress Reports and conducts studies on strategic vulnerabilities such as feed additive dependencies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• FEFAC Feed Sustainability Charter 2030: A charter launched in September 2020 with five ambitions for sustainable livestock and aquaculture production, including climate-neutral production, resource efficiency, responsible sourcing, animal health and welfare, and socio-economic resilience.
• FEFAC Soy Sourcing Guidelines
• Feed Sustainability Charter 2030 Progress Reports

Products and services

• FEFAC Feed Sustainability Charter 2030 Industry framework launched by FEFAC with five strategic ambitions for more sustainable livestock and aquaculture production: climate-neutral production, resource efficiency, responsible sourcing, animal health and welfare, and socio-economic resilience. Targeted at European compound feed manufacturers and the wider feed value chain.
• FEFAC Soy Sourcing Guidelines Comprehensive guidelines for responsible soy sourcing, providing operational solutions for conversion-free soy procurement and benchmarking tools for evaluating soy schemes and programs. Used by European compound feed manufacturers to meet responsible sourcing commitments.
• EU Feed Circularity Catalogue Joint initiative cataloguing regulatory obstacles limiting feed circularity in livestock production, promoting development of a supportive legislative environment for circular feed ingredient sourcing. Targeted at EU policymakers and industry stakeholders in the feed value chain.
• Sustainable Animal Feeding Strategies Awareness campaign providing scientific-based information on advanced feeding strategies for sustainable livestock and aquaculture production, including practical case studies. Targeted at chain partners, decision-makers, and European feed manufacturers.
• Feed Sustainability Charter Progress Reports Annual progress reports measuring implementation of the Feed Sustainability Charter 2030 commitments based on robust sector sustainability indicators. Targeted at European feed manufacturers, value-chain partners, and EU policymakers tracking industry sustainability progress.
• EU Vulnerability for Access to Essential Nutritional Feed Additives Study Industry study on EU vulnerability regarding access to essential nutritional feed additives, providing diagnosis and recommendations for mitigation measures to address strategic dependencies on third countries. Targeted at the European Commission and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, with the December 2025 Joint Communication on Strengthening EU Economic Security referencing FEFAC's analysis.

Quantifiable outcome

• EU Protein Plan adoption sets 35% domestic protein target by 2035, addressing feed ingredient sourcing vulnerability
• +1 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• FAOcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 July 2026Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - co-organizer of the International Feed Regulators Meeting (IFRM) bringing together regulators and feed industry professionals globally.
• IFIFcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 July 2026International Feed Industry Federation - co-organizer of the International Feed Regulators Meeting (IFRM), bringing together global feed regulators and industry professionals.
• Copa-CogecacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 July 2026European Farmers and European Agri-Cooperatives - co-signatory to joint statement on EU Competitiveness agenda and Competitiveness Fund 2028-2034, advocating for agriculture and agri-food chain inclusion in EU funding frameworks.
• COCERALcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 July 2026The European Association of Trade in Cereals, Oilseeds, Rice, Pulses, Olive Oil, Oils and Fats, Animal Feed and Agrosupply - co-signatory to joint statements on EU policy including competitiveness agenda and EUDR.
• FEDIOLcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 July 2026EU vegetable oil and proteinmeal industry association - co-signatory to coalition statements on EU policy including EUDR and soybean oil classification.
• FoodDrink EuropecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 July 2026Food and drink is the biggest manufacturing industry in Europe - co-signatory to joint statement on EU Competitiveness Fund including agriculture and food sectors.
• FEFANAcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 July 2026EU Specialty Feed Ingredients Industry - co-signatory to joint statements on EU policy and hosted field visits with European Commissioner for Agriculture & Food.
• DVTcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 July 2026German Feed Industry Association - co-hosted field visits with European Commissioner Christophe Hansen including DSM-Firmenich vitamin production facility.
• EUROFACcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 July 2026French feed industry federation - co-hosted field visits with European Commissioner for Agriculture & Food including LORIAL feed mill.
• Donau SojacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 July 2026The European, multi-stakeholder not-for-profit membership organisation supporting the European Protein Transition - co-signatory to coalition statement on EUDR and soybean oil policy.
• EuroseedscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 July 2026The association representing the European seed sector - co-signatory to coalition statement protecting the EU soy value chain from restrictive EUDR implementation.
• EBBcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 July 2026The European Biodiesel Board - co-signatory to coalition statement rejecting delegated act on soybean oil that would have impacted renewable energy and feed supply chains.
• GAFTAcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 July 2026The international Grain and Feed Trade Association representing over 1900 members in 100 countries - co-signatory to coalition statement on EUDR and soy policy.
• Seven Industry Federations (EU Feed Circularity Initiative)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2025Joint initiative with seven other industry sector federations and stakeholder organisations to raise awareness on regulatory obstacles limiting feed circularity. Objective is to promote supportive legislative environment for greater circularity in feed ingredient sourcing.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• COCERAL: COCERAL is the European association for trade in cereals, oilseeds, rice, pulses, olive oil, oils and fats, animal feed, and agrosupply. It is a strategic alliance partner covering an adjacent upstream segment (feed raw materials) that overlaps materially with FEFAC's membership and policy agenda.
• Copa-Cogeca: Copa-Cogeca is the combined voice of European farmers and agricultural cooperatives, representing the downstream customer base (livestock farmers) for FEFAC's compound feed manufacturer members. It is a key coalition partner on CAP, protein strategy, and competitiveness policy.
• Donau Soja: Donau Soja is a European multi-stakeholder non-profit supporting the European Protein Transition. It is comparable as a thematically adjacent organization co-signing EUDR and soybean policy positions with FEFAC and operating in the protein-sourcing space central to FEFAC's agenda.
• GAFTA: GAFTA is the international Grain and Feed Trade Association representing over 1,900 members in 100 countries. It is comparable as a trade body operating at the international grain and feed trade interface, frequently co-signing EUDR and soy-related statements with FEFAC.
• EUROFAC: EUROFAC is the French feed industry federation and a national FEFAC member, comparable as a regional trade federation for compound feed manufacturers. Like DVT, it co-hosts EU policy field visits with FEFAC and represents a key national chapter of the European federation.
• Deutscher Verband Tiernahrung (DVT): DVT is the German feed industry association and a national FEFAC member. It is comparable as a regional trade federation for the same compound feed sector at member-state level and has co-hosted EU Commissioner field visits with FEFAC.
• FEDIOL: FEDIOL represents the EU vegetable oil and protein meal industry, sitting at the interface between oilseed crushing and feed protein supply. It is a frequent FEFAC co-signatory on EUDR and soybean policy and represents a closely adjacent value-chain segment.

Direct peers

• International Feed Industry Federation (IFIF): IFIF is the global counterpart trade federation for the feed industry, with the same mandate of representing manufacturers internationally and co-organizing (with FEFAC) the International Feed Regulators Meeting. It is a direct peer in structure, scope, and stakeholder base.
• FEFANA: FEFANA is the EU trade association representing specialty feed ingredients and their mixtures (premixes). It is the closest EU-level peer to FEFAC, focused on the upstream ingredient segment of the same compound feed value chain, and frequently co-signs joint statements with FEFAC.

Regional players

• American Feed Industry Association (AFIA): AFIA is the US national trade association for the animal feed industry, performing the equivalent function to FEFAC at the US level. It is comparable as a regional peer in scope and advocacy model, though serving North American rather than EU members.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Profiles2 records

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