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Likewise, horse meat is rarely eaten in the English-speaking world, although it is part of the national cuisine of countries as widespread as Kazakhstan, Japan, Italy, and France. Sometimes food prohibitions enter national or local law, as with the ban on cattle abattoirs in most of India, and horse slaughter in the United States.
French farmers sabotaged imported agricultural produce, such as Spanish strawberries and Belgian tomatoes, and French authorities turned a blind eye. The Commission brought enforcement proceedings under TFEU article 258 for ‘failing to take all necessary and proportionate measures’ to prevent the obstructions to trade by the farmers.
In France, the fattening is achieved through gavage (force-feeding corn), according to French law. [75] French law states that "Foie gras belongs to the protected cultural and gastronomical heritage of France." [76] In 2012, eight members of the European Parliament called for foie gras to be banned across the EU. [77] [78]
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PARIS (Reuters) -France's main farmer union leaders on Thursday called on their peers to lift roadblocks that have disrupted traffic throughout the country for over two weeks, saying the ...
By 2025, the law posits that the country's population will be recycling "100% of plastics" and will "end the use of single-use plastic packaging by 2040". [19] "In 2021, it is prohibited to use straws, single-use cutlery, plastic stirrers, styrofoam boxes at fast-food restaurants, and free distribution of plastic bottles in businesses". [17]
The TSG quality scheme aims to provide a protection regime for traditional food products of a specific character. Differing from PDO and PGI, this quality scheme does not certify that the protected food product has a link to a specific geographical area and that a product can thus be produced outside the area or country from which it originates.
The Institut suggests that the money raised by these measures, equalling €1.2 billion and €560 million a year, could finance a food voucher worth €30 a month for the 4 million poorest French ...