NEW AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER TO REVIEW SUPERMARKET ‘UNFAIR PRACTICES’
October 1st, 2014
NOMINATED European Union (EU) agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan has promised an urgent review of “unfair practices” by supermarkets, which can hold meat producers to price ransom when negotiating with farmers.He acknowledged to members of the European Parliament (MEPs) that the present voluntary discussions between producers and retailers are unsatisfactory in many cases, agreeing with one MEP “that producers are still in fear of supermarkets.”Hogan replied he would review the present voluntary arrangements but if they are found wanting, “I am ...
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