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Press Release... Faced with rapid market breakdown due to the COVID-19 crisis, EU livestock producers and their cooperatives ask the European Commission to take urgent action The outbreak and spread of COVID-19 and the subsequent measures implemented by governments to contain it have resulted in an abrupt closure of the majority of the continent’s food services. This in turn has had a marked effect on the suppliers of these services across the agricultural sector. Copa and Cogeca have gathered data from their members showing the impact that the COVID-19 crisis has on the dairy, beef, sheep and goat sector. Based on this information, several letters have been sent to the European Commission calling for specific measures to be put in place and to be financed outside the CAP budget. Pekka Pesonen, Secretary General of Copa and Cogeca stated that, “We are disappointed that no decision in support of the agricultural sector was taken at the SCA meeting yesterday. In these times that ...

The novel coronavirus pandemic has disrupted the food supply in European countries, according to a statement Thursday by a Brussels-based institution. "Delays and disruption at country borders have been observed for the delivery of certain agricultural and manufactured products, as well as packaging materials. There is also concern over the movement of workers, notably due to certain border closures and travel restrictions, as well as potential labour shortages as staff follow national movement restrictions to mitigate the crisis," said a joint statement by FoodDrinkEurope, the food industry confederation in the EU, the European Liaison Committee for Agricultural and Agri-Food Trade (CELCAA) and European farmers and agri-cooperatives union COPA-COGECA. The statement said following the "important and necessary emergency measures" by EU member states, members have reported increasing difficulties in business operations. It said the food supply chain in Europe wants t...