Punch action by tomato producers in the Pyrénées-Orientales, at the call of the agricultural union of the FDSEA, this Friday, September 9 in a hypermarket in Perpignan. Farmers covered trays with tomatoes from Morocco with a new labelmore visible with the mention “origin Morocco” written in larger.
French consumption
For the union, the products imported from Morocco are not sufficiently identifiable. If European regulations are respected, the mention of the country of origin is not visible enough according to the producers.
For them, tomatoes imported from Morocco are cheaper than French tomatoes, and this too small signage does not encourage consumers to choose according to the origin of the product and to favor French consumption.
“Favor our products”
“When the consumer passes through the shelves and sees the trays, he is unable to recognize the origin of the products, he needs a magnifying glass“explains, bitterly, Bruno Villa market gardener of tomatoes in Saint Cyprien and president of the FDSEA 66.
“If we want to promote and help French producers to continue to produce in France, we must still promote our productionscontinues the president of the FDSEA, things must be clear to the consumer on the shelves.”
