AVA asks businesses and consumers to prioritize Spanish oranges after detecting shipments from Egypt

Published 2023년 2월 24일

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The Valencian Association of Farmers (AVA-Asaja) is encouraging businesses and consumers to prefer Valencian and Spanish oranges and mandarins over imports, particularly from Egypt, due to concerns about improper labeling and the threat to local production. The association worries that the import of cheaper foreign fruits, under substandard working and environmental conditions, could undermine local agricultural standards and fair competition. They are calling on retailers and consumers to prioritize locally produced citrus fruits, which meet higher quality and safety standards, and on the administration to ensure clear labeling of the country of origin of agricultural products.

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VALENCIA, 24 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) - The president of the Valencian Association of Farmers (AVA-Asaja), Cristóbal Aguado, urges businesses and consumers to "prioritize the consumption of our oranges and mandarins": "We cannot be less than the French and Italians, who know defend their product and put it before imports that, if they are cheaper, it is because they are produced in miserable working conditions, without environmental obstacles and with prohibited materials here". This is claimed in a statement after the entity has detected the arrival of consignments of oranges from Egypt to some Spanish warehouses, especially Valencian ones. This has raised their concern about the lack of reciprocity with which these imports enter and about the "threat" that, due to improper or confusing labeling, consumers may end up buying foreign oranges before local ones. Therefore, the agrarian organization asks both commercial operators and large retailers, as well as consumers, to give priority ...

Source: europapress