From 7 to 11 October 2023, the global food industry will meet in Cologne. At the three group stands of the Flanders’ Agricultural Marketing Board, VLAM, around 40 companies will present themselves to international trade visitors. Belgium has a lot to offer in the area of agrifood. With an export value of around 8.7 billion euros, above all beef, pork and veal as well as poultry, rabbit and dairy products score well with foreign clients.

Belpork, The Belgian standard owner of the BePork quality scheme for pork, has developed an animal welfare standard for the Belgian pork sector.

Ambitious goals of AMCRA for 2020 partially realised.

How do Belgian meat suppliers easily adapt to new markets while creating added value for meat importers?

Annabelle Schreiber is the new Belgian agricultural attaché to China for food safety and sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) related measures.

Belgian Meat Office discussed the past year’s events with Michael Gore, managing director at FEBEV and the man behind the meat industry contingency plan.

On 1 January 2021, Belpork vzw launched the renewed BePork quality standard. Liesbet Pluym, the quality assurance adviser and coordinator of the association, explains what people can expect from BePork. 

As Belgium values transparent communication with its trade partners around the world, importing countries will receive all the information they need so trade can resume. 

The World Organisation of Animal Health (OIE) confirmed the ASF-free status in all suidae of Belgium

On 20 November 2020, the European Commission declares Belgium free from ASF. The ASF-free status is expected to be published soon on the OIE website.

On 26 October, the Philippine Government published a memorandum order to lift the temporary ban on the importation of domestic pigs and their products from Belgium.

In general, consumer behaviour changes very slowly, just like a ship that moves rather slowly in calm waters. However, when a tsunami appears out of nowhere, the ship starts to rock from side to side.