Brussels, 07/06/2011 (Agence Europe) - European agriculture ministers, meeting in extraordinary Council on Tuesday 7 June, called for money to be made available to compensate EU fruit and vegetable growers who have seen their sales plummet following the appearance in Germany of food-borne poisoning caused by the enterohaemorrhagic E.coli (EHEC) bacterium.
The European Commission initially proposed €150 million to partially (30%) compensate producers' losses, whether or not they belonged...