EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT VOTE ON FRUIT AND VEGETABLE REFORM
June 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Commission's latest reform of its food subsidy system - focusing on the fruit and vegetable sector, including processed fruit ad vegetables - has been approved by the European Parliament. However, MEPs called for more flexibility for EU member states over their subsidising processed fruits and vegetable production, such as tomatoes and citrus fruits. Brussels wants to reduce subsidies linked to production, replacing them with direct payments, to avoid the EU market being flooded with excess fruit and vegetable ingredients and ...
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