25. September 2025|
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|2 months agoParliament Backs Food Price Transparency Initiative
Swiss Senate approves initiative to monitor margins across food value chain, aiming to address price disparities between producers and consumers
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- The Swiss Senate voted to approve a parliamentary initiative to monitor margins in the food value chain.
- The initiative was originally submitted by former Green Party parliamentarian Isabelle Pasquier-Eichenberger in 2022.
- The House of Representatives had previously voted in favour of the initiative.
- The House economic affairs committee is now tasked with drawing up a bill to amend the Agriculture Act.
By The Numbers
21 to 18
votes
2022
year
They Said
"The initiative would not only entail an enormous amount of work, but it would also force companies to disclose business secrets under certain circumstances."
"Food prices were rising for consumers... [while] the amount that farmers received for their products had remained the same or even fallen."
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