Agri-Business
The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine is scheduled to meet with...
MEP Paolo De Castro has presented his draft report on the proposed Directive to fight unfair trading practices in the food suply chain
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'The week of December 12 was an important week for everyone who wants to change the fact that farmers currently get a raw deal in the European food chain'
An Independent Ombudsman to oversee and monitor the regulations within the grocery sector needs to be appointed, according to TD Pat Deering.
The UK's GCA Christine Tacon has said that her powers extends to overseas suppliers who feel they are being unfairly treated by retailers.
Primary producers are often recognised at the weakest link in the food supply chain, according to Minister Mary Mitchell-O'Connor.
The Agricultural Markets Task Force (AMTF) today, November 14, presented its report to EU Commissioner for Agriculture, Phil Hogan.
'The Agricultural Markets Task Force is due to report its recommendations to the European Commission in November.'
Ahead of a meeting between EU Farm Ministers in Slovakia next week, Copa-Cogeca called for EU legislation to be introduced to combat unfair trading practices in the food chain.
MEPs in Brussels today have voted for the European Commission to put forward proposals against unfair trading practices in the food supply chain.
