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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9802
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/agriculture

Private storage aid for Irish pork farmers

Brussels, 11/12/2008 (Agence Europe) - Given the exceptional circumstances and difficulties that the pigmeat sector in Ireland is experiencing, following the discovery of dioxins in feed used on some of the country's farms, the European Commission, on Thursday 11 December, announced a proposal, immediately accepted by the Management Committee, to introduce an urgent market support measure. This will take the form of private storage aid for meat from pigs reared in Ireland on farms not...

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