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Registrations are now open for the conference on the common agricultural policy on 7 July in Brussels that will share the conclusions of the consultation and give attendees the chance to continue the debate with Phil Hogan, EU commissioner for agriculture and rural development. Learn more.

On 6th of June was inaugurated the EU Platform on Animal Welfare by EU Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis. The Platform takes into account the concerns of EU citizens to advance animal welfare. Website of the platform is available here.

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov on Saturday (27 May) called an extraordinary cabinet meeting over two issues, one of them being the practice of big companies to market the same brands of products with big differences in quality between Eastern and Western Europe. Source: EURACTIV.com .

The European Union and the United States agreed on Thursday (25 May) to set up a joint delegation to increase trade cooperation, after the EU-US free trade deal negotiations were put on ice with the election of Donald Trump. Learn more.

UK food manufacturers faces a shortage in labour skills and manpower fuelled by Brexit and low numbers of young people choosing the sector as a career, say food policy experts. Source: FOODnavigator.com.