MEAT RETAILERS CLAIM EU PLANS TO REGULATE TRADE WILL NOT IMPROVE PRODUCERS’ INCOMES
October 1st, 2017
MEAT and livestock producers in the European Union EU), especially smaller farmers, will be watching Brussels closely early next year, now that EU agriculture and rural development Commissioner Phil Hogan has promised to protect them against the market power of major retailers.
In a speech in Dublin, in his native Ireland, on October 6, on ‘Safeguarding the food chain’, Hogan eschewed the fence-sitting on this vexed issue that has characterised European Commission statements until now. “Supermarkets in particular now enjoy ‘super-power’ due to the twin ...
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