Volailles d'Alsace

Volailles d'Alsace is a PGI covering poultry carcases and cut pieces produced within the region of Alsace. The designation requires slow-growing pure or crossbred stock reared in the open air on a cereal-based feed and slaughtered at a minimum age close to sexual maturity. Carcases are graded at the abattoir, and all labels are individually numbered.

About this designation

Registered as a PGI on 21 June 1996 under file number PGI-FR-0158 (eAmbrosia identifier EUGI00000012941), Volailles d'Alsace covers poultry carcases and cut pieces produced within the region of Alsace, France. The specification requires pure or crossbred slow-growing stock, reared in the open air on a cereal-based feed, and slaughtered at a minimum age set for each type of poultry, close to sexual maturity. Carcases are graded at the abattoir before release. The applicant group was Alsace Volaille, based in Schiltigheim, with the competent national authority being the Ministry of Agriculture – Directorate-General for Food. The control body named in the specification is CERTIQUAL, also based in Schiltigheim. Traceability is maintained through a documented chain covering hatcheries, feed producers, breeders, and abattoirs; every batch carries records including breeder declarations, delivery slips for day-old chicks, departure declarations for the abattoir, and declarations of labels used after slaughter. All labels are numbered. Products bear the designation Poulet fermier d'Alsace for chickens or Dinde fermière noire d'Alsace for black turkeys, together with the name and address of the certifying authority. The link to geographical origin is supported by the historical importance of poultry-breeding in Alsace during the nineteenth century and by a documented commercial reputation extending to other European countries.

Source: The register document this entry was written from · retrieved August 26, 2026

Distinctive facts

• Registered as a PGI on 21 June 1996 under file number PGI-FR-0158, eAmbrosia identifier EUGI00000012941.
• The specification requires slow-growing pure or crossbred stock reared in the open air on a cereal-based feed.
• All labels are individually numbered, and documentary records are kept for every batch from hatchery through abattoir.
• Chickens must be labelled Poulet fermier d'Alsace and black turkeys Dinde fermière noire d'Alsace, with the certifying authority identified on the label.

Tasting notes

Alsatian free-range poultry IGP. Distinctive yellow-skinned chicken (corn-fed) with firm meaty white-pink flesh, robust farm-raised flavor.

HoReCa use

Roasted whole, in coq au Riesling and Alsatian poultry preparations.

Packaging

• whole-bird-fresh-1.5-2.5kg
• eviscerated-vacuum-1.5-2.5kg
• leg-portion-300g
• breast-portion-200g