Brussels, 07/07/2015 (Agence Europe) - With the adoption in Strasbourg on Tuesday 7 July of the report by Nuno Melo (EPP, Portugal) on the fruit and vegetables sector since the 2007 reform, the European Parliament called on the Commission “to intensify efforts to tackle unfair trading practices in the food supply chain”.
It says that unfair trading practices and the pressure exerted on producers by the large retail chains are the main obstacle to fruit and vegetable farmers earning a...