Реферат: The European model of agriculture

Consumers in Europe and around the world show an increasing interest in the qualities of these foods.

It is in the European Union’s interests to ensure that farmers and growers are able to make the most of the added value that their products can provide them.

This is even more important following the 2003 and 2004 reforms of the Common Agricultural Policy which mean that farmers are now more reliant than ever on obtaining the best financial return they can from the market place.

The EU plays major role in enhancing high quality attributes and in sustaining this wide range of cultures and culinary traditions. The EU safeguards food quality in many ways for example via measures to guarantee food safety and hygiene, clear labeling rules, regulations on animal and plant health and animal welfare, control of pesticide residues and additives in food and via nutritional information.

But the EU’s quality policy goes further than this. The EU gives positive assistance to European producers to help them to maximize the advantage they have in quality terms.

When a product acquires a reputation extending beyond its production region, it can find itself in competition with products which pass themselves off as the genuine article and take the same name. this unfair competition not only discourages producers but also misdeals consumers.

This report explains how these quality systems work, how they assist farmers and above all, how they offer consumers guarantees that they have found the quality product they are looking for.

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