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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Daniel Boffey Chief reporter

UK ministers may lift BSE-era ban on animal remains in chicken and pig feed

Pigs in a barn
The use of any processed animal protein (PAP) in feed for animals farmed for food was banned in 2001. Photograph: Nathan Stirk/Getty Images

Ministers may lift a ban introduced during the BSE crisis on the use of animal remains in feed for farmed chickens and pigs over fears that foreign producers are undercutting British farmers.

A consultation on permitting the use of processed animal protein (PAP) from poultry, pigs and insects has opened in Scotland, and it is understood that proposals will be made for England and Wales in the coming months.

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