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US and Canada Ease Ban on French Poultry Imposed After Bird Flu Vaccination
Date: January 20, 2025
PARIS (Reuters) - The United States and Canada have lifted embargoes on certain French poultry imports imposed after Paris decided to vaccinate ducks against bird flu in October 2023, the French...
Russia’s Vtb Buys Nationalised Agriculture Firm
Date: December 26, 2024
\MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s second-largest lender, VTB, has acquired an agricultural company in southern Russia, which was nationalised after its former owners were accused of corruption and fled Russia, the bank said in a statement on Thursday. The company, now called Agrocomplex Labinski, was nationalised in 2023 after an arrest warrant was issued for its...
France Says Bird Flu-Free After Month Without Outbreaks
Date: December 19, 2024
PARIS (Reuters) – France has declared itself to be free of highly pathogenic avian influenza in the absence of new outbreaks for more than a month, though the country remains on high alert for the virus that has been spreading rapidly in Europe, the agriculture ministry said. France had recorded 12 farm outbreaks of the...
Wolves to Lose ‘strictly Protected’ Status in Europe
Date: December 3, 2024
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Wolves in Europe will be less protected from hunting from 2025, after a majority of European countries on Tuesday accepted a proposal to downgrade their status due to their growing number and their impact on agriculture and farming livestock. Wolves’ status will be lowered as of March 7 to “protected” from “strictly...
Carrefour Eases Brazil Tensions After CEO’s Meat Snub
Date: November 26, 2024
By Dominique Vidalon and Gabriel Araujo PARIS/SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Carrefour apologised on Tuesday after its CEO Alexandre Bompard’s criticism of South American meat last week angered Brazilian companies and caused suppliers to cut beef deliveries to the food retailer’s Brazilian subsidiary. The Brazilian unit, which operates Carrefour, Atacadao and Sam’s Club stores, said beef deliveries...
Brazil Blasts Carrefour Over Vow to Keep Mercosur Meat Off Shelves
Date: November 22, 2024
By Lisandra Paraguassu and Luana Maria Benedito BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s government has blasted French retailer Carrefour after its CEO vowed to keep South American meat off its shelves in France in solidarity with farmers, calling the comments part of a wider push to undermine a pending trade deal. Agriculture Minister Carlos Favaro called the...