EU APPROVES FINAL E-COLI COMPENSATION BUDGET FOR FRUIT AND VEGETABLE PRODUCERS
July 1st, 2011
BY KEITH NUTHALL
European Union (EU) member states have agreed a final package of aid to EU fruit and vegetable producers compensating them for lost sales following the German e-coli outbreak, with total subsidies Euro EUR226 million.
This is up from the EUR210 previously discussed and will see the EU pay for cucumbers, tomatoes, lettuce, courgettes, and sweet peppers withdrawn from sale between May 26 and June 30 over E-coli contamination concerns. The European Commission has revealed today that Spanish producers will get third of these subsidies (EUR70 ...
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