date:May 25, 2020
Growers fear that tons of cheap French fries will be dumped on Australian supermarket shelves, as news arrived of the $1 billion COVID-19 assistance package to European potato farmers. The peak vegetable growers body AUSVEG is calling on the government to intervene immediately.
The call comes amid fears that if the farmers go through the Anti-Dumping Commission it will be too late to halt the impending flood of imported French fries. Growers have been made aware of at least one European-based p