AGAINST UNFAIR TRADING PRACTICES “The Committee’s vote (38 in favour, 4 against and 2 abstentions) is proof – continued De Castro – that working as a team and in a constructive way means to get the desired results in Europe. We have said ‘no’ to last minute cancellation of orders, late payments to suppliers, unilateral changes to contracts, and non-payment to suppliers for unsold goods. Commenting on the report, De Castro said that it is necessary to fight unfair trading practices “for producers and consumers”. “We have to fight together with the consumer because we have to take on board not only the problems of the farmers, the problem of the cooperatives, the weakness [in that] part of the chain, but even the quality of the food. Following today’s presentation in the agriculture committee of the draft report on Unfair Trading Practices (UTP) in the food supply chain, rapporteur and S&D MEP, Paolo De Castro, stated: S&Ds: let’s stop being bullied by Unfair Trading Practices in the food chain.