Schouten calls on the manure sector

Minister of Agriculture, Carola Schouten, wants to meet with the manure sector on Monday 13 November. She is responding to the message that appeared in NRC on Saturday 11 November. It states that 65% of the fertilizer traders in East Brabant and North Limburg have not complied with the rules or are suspected of doing so.

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During the reaction against the NOS Schouten says that she wants to speak with all concerned on Monday. She wants to know what is going on in the Brabant and Limburg manure world and speaks of a cultural issue. This meeting will take place on Monday 13 November at 18.00:XNUMX PM. 

Manure fraud systematically
Friday and Saturday NRC reported about manure fraud in East Brabant and North Limburg. The fraud is said to be systematic and part of the culture in these regions. Not only farmers and fertilizer intermediaries are involved in the large-scale fraud, but also fertilizer accountants, lawyers and financiers. 

Not new
The signal of fraud is not new. LTO and Cumela say they have regular contact with the government about the problems in these regions in particular. The Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) has made the approach to manure fraud a spearhead.

Rabobank also indicated earlier this year that fraud with manure is a culture issue. It is precisely this bank that is mentioned in the messages from NRC, because Rabobank manure fraudsters willfully and knowingly would have funded.

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