The Fresh Produce Consortium (FPC) has got behind the decision of the Horticultural Marketing Inspectorate (HMI) to toughen its stance on rogue traders that ignore EU marketing standards.
Nigel Jenny, FPC's chief executive, described it as 'outrageous' that there were individual traders deliberately flouting the rules, 'to the detriment of law abiding companies'.
'FPC has worked extensively with HMI successfully to reduce the burden on importers, with simplified procedures providing significant savings to the industry,' he said. 'We support this action by HMI to get tough on unlawful trading.'
