Agri-Business
Agri committee to meet food retail adjudicator
The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine is scheduled to meet with Christine Tacon, the UK’s Groceries...
Unfair Trading Practices
Agri-Business
General welcome for action on unfair trading practices
Italian MEP Paolo De Castro has presented his draft report on the proposed Directive to fight unfair trading practices in...
EU
Commissioner Hogan wants a stronger, fairer food chain in 2017
The Commissioner for Agriculture, Phil Hogan has said that he is very pleased that as the year draws to an...
Agri-Business
Calls made to appoint an independent Ombudsman to police the grocery sector
An Independent Ombudsman to oversee and monitor the regulations within the grocery sector needs to be appointed, according to Fine Gael TD and...
Agri-Business
Overseas suppliers included in the UK's Groceries Supply Code of Practice
The UK’s Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA) Christine Tacon has said that her powers extends to overseas suppliers who feel they are...
Agri-Business
'Primary producers are often the weakest link in the food supply chain'
Primary producers are often recognised as the weakest link in the food supply chain, according to the Minister for Jobs,...
EU
New rules to tackle unfair trading practices needed - EU Report
New rules at EU level to tackle unfair trading practices and increased market transparency were among the recommendations of a...
EU
Agricultural Markets Task Force to report to Commission in November
The Agricultural Markets Task Force is due to report its recommendations to the European Commission in November, the Commissioner for...
EU
EU farmers call for legislation to combat unfair trading practices
As EU Farm Ministers meet in Slovakia this week, Copa-Cogeca has called for EU legislation to be introduced to combat unfair...
EU
MEPs vote for Commission to tackle unfair trading practices
MEPs in Brussels have today voted for the European Commission to put forward proposals against unfair trading practices in the food...
