FIAC fears a shortage of snails in France

Published 2022년 7월 1일

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The French snail industry is being significantly impacted by climate change, leading to disrupted harvests and increased costs. Factors such as transportation, packaging, energy, and raw materials are all becoming more expensive, with some costs doubling or tripling in the past two years. These rising costs are causing a scarcity of snails, and growers are seeking support from distributors to maintain their business. The industry, which includes around 1,500 jobs and had a turnover of over 72.3 million euros in 2020, is facing the possibility of disappearing due to the lack of sufficient raw materials.

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Climate change is hitting the French snail industry hard by disrupting harvesting and accentuating the many difficulties it faces, in particular the lack of labor in harvesting countries and the overall increase in production costs ( transport, packaging, energy, raw materials, etc.). “All the signals are red. While the harvests of previous years were already insufficient, the quantities will still not be there in 2022, and French snail growers are facing growing tension on supplies”, explains in a press release the Federation of Food Industries. Preserved. According to a survey of companies, snail growers have to face an increase in the price of snails of up to +40% depending on the species compared to 2021, which is added to the general increase in prices, in particular those of metal packaging (for preserves) and butter (for prepared buttered snails in shells). Over the past two years, the manufacturers estimate that the price of this essential ingredient for the preparation of ...

Source: AgroMedia