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‘No second class consumers’: Juncker slams double food quality in the EU

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker criticised double standards of food quality in his address to Parliament on Wednesday morning (13 September), saying that there should be no “second class consumers” in the single market.

Which one has more fish? "Slovaks do not deserve less fish in their fish fingers" according to Juncker. [Shutterstock]

Paola Tamma Euractiv 13-09-2017 13:59 4 min. read Content type: Euractiv is part of the Trust Project
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