When traveling to Montastruc-de-Salies after the demands of farmers, Gabriel Attal announced that “three heavy penalties“were going to be pronounced against companies which do not respect the Egalim law. Implicated, the Saint-Malo dairy denounces”false information“.
His announcements were eagerly awaited. While the discontent among farmers continues, Gabriel Attal announced on Friday January 26 from a conventional cattle farm in Montastruc-de-Salies (Haute-Garonne) a series of ten measures to respond to their anger. Among them, the head of government specified that he would “pronounce three very heavy sanctions” against three companies which do not respect the Egalim law, reports BFMTV. The defendants are two subsidiaries specializing in Bigard meat, as well as a Breton dairy in Malo belonging to the Still group.
Pointed out by the tenant of Matignon, the Saint-Malo dairy was quick to respond. In a press release published Friday, the company announced:refute rumors of sanctions“, and specifies “strongly regret that this false information, very detrimental to the excellent reputation of our family and historic dairy, to its employees, to its partner producers, could have been the subject of such dissemination“.
Get a fair price
In order to demonstrate its good faith regarding compliance with the Egalim law, the Saint-Malo dairy wanted to indicate that as soon as this law was promulgated “a price formula including milk production costs has been put in place between the organizations and the dairy“, And this, “in order to obtain a fairer price for producers“.
While non-compliance with this law is one of the main reasons for the protests by farmers demonstrating throughout the country, the Minister of Economy and Finance Bruno Le Maire announced alongside Gabriel Attal’s declarations that “several offenses“industrialists had been noted. These could then be sanctioned up to 2% of their turnover in the event that they do not comply with the law quickly.
published on January 27 at 6:50 a.m., Kévin Comby, 6Medias