Alarmed at the large-scale health scandal in the meat sector in Brazil, French MEPs from the S&D Group in the European Parliament called, in a written question put down on Thursday 23 March, for guarantees from the European Commission on practical measures to protect European consumers, suspension of imports of beef products from Brazil and removal of beef from the EU-Mercosur free-trade talks.
As the second round of free-trade talks continues between the EU and Mercosur in Buenos Aires this...