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Food suppliers can file reports about unfair commercial practices with ACM
The positions of farmers, growers, and fishermen vis-à-vis major buyers have been strengthened. That is the result of the new Dutch Act regarding unfair commercial practices in the agricultural and food supply chain. This new law offers food suppliers … -
ACM: Consumers’ willingness-to-pay is currently still the main obstacle to the transition to a sustainable agricultural sector
The main obstacle to making the agricultural sector more sustainable is the higher prices of sustainable products, which many consumers are currently not willing to pay if a cheaper, regularly produced alternative is available. This has been the main … -
ACM launches investigations into misleading sustainability claims in three sectors
The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has launched investigations into misleading sustainability claims in the following sectors: energy, dairy products, and clothes. ACM has chosen these sectors because it had found many potentially … -
ACM: food price monitor offers a first insight into pricing and obstacles for organic production
The costs that farmers and growers incur for producing organic agricultural products are covered by the revenues in five out of six examined cases. Only organic dairy farmers have, on average, made a loss. Farmers and growers experience several obstacles … -
Dutch supermarkets offer chicken meat that is more sustainable without any anticompetitive agreements
Dutch supermarkets nowadays offer a lot more chicken-meat varieties where the chickens have lived better lives. Virtually all of the chicken meat varieties currently on offer have been produced under animal-friendlier conditions than what the failed joint … -
Welfare of today’s chicken and that of the ‘Chicken of Tomorrow’
In 2015, the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) blocked a planned agreement between producers, suppliers, and retailers aimed at improving the welfare of chickens: the ‘Chicken of Tomorrow’. ACM’s study ‘Welfare of today's chicken and … -
Current state of play on ACM’s study into price-forming mechanism in food supply chain
The study into the price-forming mechanism in the food supply chain will be completed over the next few weeks. The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) will discuss the preliminary results of the price monitor with representatives of the … -
InSight 2020 - Better certification labels are necessary for making sustainable choices easier
People and businesses are finding it more and more important to make sustainable choices. As a regulator, the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) finds it important that consumers and businesses are able to rely on well-functioning … -
ACM has launched an investigation into a buying cartel in the agricultural sector
The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has conducted dawn raids at several large traders in the agricultural sector. ACM suspects that they have made illegal arrangements about the buying price that they pay to farmers. Price-fixing … -
ACM launches study into price-forming mechanism in food supply chain
At the request of the Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality (LNV), the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has launched the monitor on the price-forming mechanism in the food supply chain. It takes many steps for our food to …