Legislate to curb EU supply chain abuses
Speaking at the Copa Presidium meeting on Thursday (April 18), NFU President Peter Kendall will urge the Commissioner for the Internal Market and Services, Michel Barnier, to bring forward legislation to curb abuses of power in the European supply chain. “With CAP budgets cut, volatile commodity markets and terrible weather we need is supply chains […]
MEP calls for skull & crossbones symbol to be stamped on illegal EU eggs
The Commissioner was attending a debate (15.3.11) on the Work Programme for 2012 and was told in no uncertain terms that the EU needs to get a grip on the serious problem of 83 million illegal eggs that will be produced on the very first day of 2012. Mr Agnew told the Commissioner: You will […]
European farmings dark side exposed in Brussels
On Wednesday, the European Parliament set the scene for a screening of the eye-opening documentary Pig Business to a packed audience of MEPs, EU Council and Commission officials and environmental, health and animal welfare NGOs, and the international press. Three MEPs, Jos Bov, Dan Jrgensen and Janusz Wojciechowski sponsored the event as a run up […]
