Spain: The EU opens its doors to Moroccan chicken and fleeces our farmers
Frozen Whole Chicken
Spain
Morocco
Published Jul 11, 2022
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The Coordinator of Farmers' Organizations (COAG) flatly rejects the opening of community borders to chickens from Morocco. After maintaining for years that they did not meet the conditions, the community authorities have finally authorized the entry of poultry meat products from Morocco, as stated in the development regulation 2022/1040 published last Thursday, June 30 in the Official Gazette of the European Union.
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The Coordinator of Farmers' Organizations (COAG) flatly rejects the opening of community borders to chickens from Morocco. After maintaining for years that they did not meet the conditions, the community authorities have finally authorized the entry of poultry meat products from Morocco, as stated in the implementing regulation 2022/1040 published last Thursday, June 30 in the Official Gazette of the European Union. COAG has denounced on numerous occasions the "critical" situation that Spanish poultry farmers are going through in the face of the "brutal" increase in production costs derived from the increase in energy costs (+150%), feed ( +35%) and prices at the threshold of profitability. “This situation can be aggravated by this increase in imports from third countries, which do not comply with the demanding regulations and high standards in terms of biosafety, quality and animal welfare in the EU. In addition, at the moment they are not necessary because the effort and ...
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