Belgium
Member of Euro Foie Gras: Collège des Producteurs
The College of Producers is the link between the producers (all agricultural productions), public authorities and other relevant actors. Within the College, producers can interact with public agencies, consumers, the agri-food and retail sector.
All the actors in the foie gras sector are represented.
To find out more: http://www.collegedesproducteurs.be/site/
Contact : Catherine Colot, Project Manager – catherine.colot@collegedesproducteurs.be
Some key figures :
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- 12 tons of foie gras produced in 2023, only duck.
- 2nd consumer of foie gras per capita in the world with 105 grams per year.
- 2nd largest importer of raw foie gras in the world.
Belgian production of foie gras:
The production of foie gras in Wallonia is strictly regulated and controlled by the Animal Welfare Service of the Operational General Directorate of Agriculture, Natural Resources and the Environment of the Public Service of Wallonia. This service certifies optimal welfare conditions in all the production sites and at each stage of the breeding according to a detailed evaluation grid (size of collective cages, standards concerning the training of personnel, equipment, lighting, food and water etc.) and on the basis of the Royal Decree of April 25, 1994, amended by the Royal Decree of December 8, 2010.