Valencian clementines renegotiation of the EU-South Africa Agreement is not achieved

Published 2021년 9월 30일

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The Young Farmers Agricultural Association (Asaja) Alicante has warned that Valencian clementines face a death sentence due to the European Union's revision of the Agreement with South Africa, if it does not include tariffs and a ban on citrus from the continent during the Spanish campaign. Asaja has accused distribution chains and supermarkets of rejecting Spanish clementines in favor of South African mandarins, which do not meet European standards. They are calling on the EU to negotiate fair competition and for the Spanish government to defend Valencian farmers against unfair competition from third countries. Asaja has also highlighted misleading labeling in supermarkets and is urging the Food Information and Control Agency to impose sanctions.

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The Young Farmers Agricultural Association (Asaja) Alicante has predicted "a death sentence for Valencian clementines" if, in the revision of the Agreement with South Africa, the European Union does not include clauses that impose tariffs and prohibit the arrival of citrus from the neighboring continent when the Spanish campaign begins. Asaja Alicante has denounced what it considers "low morality and commitment of the chains of Great Distribution and supermarkets with the Spanish producers and the European consumers when rejecting the purchase of the first Spanish mandarins, sinking the beginning of the campaign , while they supply their cold rooms in a massive way with mandarins from South Africa. "According to this association, the mandarins from that country" do not meet the strict European phytosanitary, environmental, or labor requirements, in addition to being treated with substances that in our continent are not allowed because they are harmful to health. " Valencian ...

Source: Agrodiario