EU raises farmers` E.coli aid offer to 210 million euro

09.06.2011 [11:52]
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Baku, June 9 (AZERTAC). The European Union`s executive has offered an improved 210 million euros in financial aid to farmers hit by a deadly E.coli outbreak, after EU governments said an initial offer of 150 million euros was insufficient.

"In total we will have a budget of 210 million euros which will be earmarked for the measure. This envelope will enable us to respond to the compensation requests for the period from the 26th of May through to the end of June," EU farm commissioner Dacian Ciolos told a news conference on Wednesday.

Consumer demand for products such as cucumbers, lettuce and tomatoes fell after authorities in Germany initially said they were the most likely source of the outbreak, which has so far killed 25 people.

Producers in Spain have been hardest hit after cucumbers from the country were wrongly identified by German authorities as the source. Since then, Spanish farmers are estimated to have lost 200 million euros per week in lost sales.

EU raises farmers` E.coli aid offer to 210 million euro

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