As contaminated beef from Brazil flows into Europe, Austrian farmers launch a strike over expensive state inspections (opens in new tab)

Beef contaminated with illegal growth hormones have been flowing from Brazil into the EU’s supermarket shelves, just as opponents of the Mercosur free trade agreement warned, including politicians, farmers, environmentalists, and activists. This reality underpins a new protest from Austrian farmers against the incredibly stringent inspections they are required to undergo, all while cheap and […]