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EU Parliament Approves New Business Supply Chain Audit Law

The European Parliament has voted for a new law that will require larger companies operating in the bloc to check if their supply chains use forced labour...

New Brexit Border Checks Could Stifle Fine Food Imports From EU, Warn Sellers

EU exporters of chilled and frozen meat, fish, cheese, dairy products and some cut flowers have had to present health certificates, signed off by a vet or...

EU Provisionally Agrees Ukraine Farm Import Curbs

The European Union provisionally agreed to restrictions on Ukrainian food imports, which some EU members say have destabilised the bloc's agricul...

France Lets Farmers Use More Pesticides To Protect Sugar Output

French farmers will be allowed to apply more pesticides on their sugar beet fields this year due to a high risk of attacks from an insect carrying a diseas...

EU Envoys Strike New Deal On Ukraine Food Imports

Ambassadors from European Union countries reached a revised deal to extend tariff-free food imports from Ukraine - with restrictions - after some states co...

Hungary Will Not Reintroduce Import Ban On Ukrainian Honey Despite Protests

Hungary will not reintroduce a ban on honey imported from Ukraine despite demands by honey farmers who have protested saying cheap honey from Ukraine pushe...

Brazil Poised To Get EU Nod For More Chicken Exporting Plants, Minister Says

Brazil could soon get approval to sell more meat products to the European Union, the South American nation's Agriculture Minister Carlos Favaro said this w...

EU Backs Supply Chain Audit Law As Italy Switches Sides

European Union governments backed a proposed law requiring large companies in the bloc to check if their supply chains use forced labour or cause environme...