EC com. on fruit and vegetables calls tot take action

On 4th June, the European Commission’s Advisory Group on fruit and vegetables adopted a joint resolution calling on the EU Commissioner for Agriculture, Dacian Cioloş, to take appropriate action to move the fruit and vegetable sector forward in the current difficult situation. The resolution calls for strong EU-based production and industry, a strong EU trade sector and greater efficiency and transparency within the fruit and vegetable supply chain with the aim of increasing fruit and vegetable consumption in the EU-27.