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09/04/2019

Factory farms divide the European Parliament

Brussels – Members of the European Parliament’s agriculture committee voted today for the EU to continue subsidising Europe’s most environmentally destructive factory farms. The MEPs were voting on a European Commission plan to reform the EU’s common agricultural policy (CAP). The agriculture committee rejected proposals made by the environment committee to cut public […]
06/04/2019

Pinco Pallino e la sua società “Bara Srl”

Il prestanome, gli infiniti cambi di appalto che fanno girare la “ruota dell’economia”, la “bara” dei diritti dei lavoratori, della leale competizione fra le imprese e dello Stato di diritto! Pinco Pallino è l’amministratore unico della “Bara” Srl, fino a qualche anno fa era un semplice socio lavoratore che ha […]
06/04/2019

Swine fever outbreak may bury China’s small pig farmers

For farmers Zhang Shiping and Bai Fuqin in northeast China, there is little to celebrate this Lunar New Year. Since African swine fever struck a farm in nearby Shenyang city last August, the couple has racked up about 300,000 yuan ($44,712.72) in debt, 10 times what they make in a […]
06/04/2019

Germany to Resume Pig Exports to China

Germany had been the largest supplier of fresh and frozen pork to China and was also the second largest supplier of offal, reports Duncan Wyatt, lead analyst at AHDB. However, two major German processors, Tönnies and Böseler Goldschmaus, had their licenses to export to China suspended in mid-February although they […]
05/04/2019

Feeding the Problem: the dangerous intensification of animal farming in Europe

Industrial production and excessive consumption of meat and dairy products have grave impacts on our climate, our environment and our health. An ever-increasing body of scientific evidence makes the need to reduce our production and consumption of animal products clearer and more urgent than ever. Europe’s consumption habits and production […]
05/04/2019

MEPs slowly turn tide against factory farms

Environment committee votes for more funding for ecological farming, cuts for intensive animal farms Strasbourg/Brussels – The European Parliament’s environment committee has voted to increase environmental and animal welfare protections under the EU’s common agricultural policy (CAP), but the improvements are not yet sufficient to tackle the problem of factory farming, said […]
05/04/2019

China pork prices sizzle as frozen reserves fail to cool market

Pork prices in China are climbing at a blistering pace despite government moves to cool markets in the world’s top consumer of the meat by selling chunks of its frozen reserves. Government data released on Wednesday showed Chinese pork prices hit record levels this week, driven up as farmers hold […]
05/04/2019

Italia-Cina, firmati 3 accordi in materia di sanità

In occasione della visita in Italia del Presidente della Repubblica Popolare Cinese, Xi Jinping, il Ministro della Salute, Giulia Grillo, ha firmato sabato con le autorità del governo di Pechino tre accordi in materia sanitaria da lungo tempo oggetto in corso di approfonditi negoziati bilaterali nei settori alimentari, veterinario e, […]
05/04/2019

La “deriva ungherese” del diritto del lavoro

Il governo gialloverde prepara la più grande deregolamentazione del diritto del lavoro dell’epoca repubblicana. E, soprattutto, lo fa in silenzio. Nel turbinio di notizie e polemiche che maggioranza e governo generano ogni giorno, è passata del tutto inosservata una decisione del Consiglio dei ministri del 28 febbraio scorso. Il governo, si […]
05/04/2019

Gruppo ALMA, i signori degli appalti si riorganizzano

A Roma, presso gli uffici amministrativi del Gruppo Alma, attivo nel campo degli appalti e della somministrazione di manodopera, è stata illustrata alle organizzazioni sindacali una colossale operazione societaria che riguarda 2.555 lavoratori occupati in appalti di movimentazione merci, servizi call-center, lavorazioni metalmeccaniche e alimentari. Le società del Gruppo Alma coinvolte cederanno le proprie divisioni […]