CANADA TO DEVELOP HORMONE-FREE BEEF PRODUCTION CAPACITY FOLLOWING CETA
September 1st, 2014
CANADA will start developing capacity to produce hormone-free meat for the European Union (EU) market following the conclusion of an EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), a senior European Commission official has said. The end of technical negotiations was formally announced on Friday (September 26) during an EU-Canada summit in Ottawa.Once CETA starts being implemented (maybe in 2016), Canada hopes to export 50,000 tonnes of beef to the EU annually - enough to justify the development of hormone-free beef production, the official explained. ...
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