ASAJA asks the Ministry of Agriculture to act in defense of the Spanish potato

Published 2023년 2월 7일

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ASAJA, a distribution chain in Spain, has launched a potato offer priced at 0.90 euros/kilo, but ASAJA warns consumers of potential deception and asks the Ministry of Agriculture to increase controls to prevent fraudulent practices that could harm consumers and Spanish producers. They argue that the cost of processing, washing, netting, labeling, transportation exceeds the offered price, implying that the potatoes are likely from the previous campaign or of lower quality, imported. ASAJA also expresses concern over the distribution chain's attempt to destabilize prices by using lower-quality tubers and urges the Ministry to ensure compliance with the Law on the agri-food chain. They highlight the importance of supporting domestic growers and maintaining potato cultivation, which is essential and faces a deficit in Spain.

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Given the campaign launched by the LIDL distribution chain, with potato offers at 0.90 euros/kilo, assuring that it is a new potato (from this campaign) and originating in Spain, ASAJA warns consumers about deception of such an offer and asks the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food to tighten controls on the agents of the agri-food chain so that fraudulent practices that harm both consumers and Spanish producers are detected and sanctioned, where appropriate. The new potato of national origin that the producers are putting out for sale at the moment has a price at origin of 0.60 euros/kg. and therefore it is not possible for a distribution chain to market it at the point of sale at 0.90 euros/kg, after adding the costs of processing, washing, netting, labelling, transportation, etc. According to investigations carried out by ASAJA, it is a potato from the previous campaign (subjected to several months of refrigerated storage) and of French origin. Given this, they appeal ...

Source: Agroclm