Alfred Sant cautioned that “one needed to keep track of developments in the running of the EU’s common agricultural policies, even when only a slight wriggling of market regulations was being contemplated.”

Speaking yesterday during a visit to the Mosta Bacon Factory, he also said that “these would appear to be too small to notice by Malta’s bigger partners in the EU. Yet they could affect Malta’s farmers and food processors in a big way.”

The EP candidate added that the contribution made by SMSs to economic growth in Europe needed to be recognised and supported. “This can best be done by not changing too abruptly and without prior warning, the environment within which small enterprises operate, not least through the introduction of wide ranging regulations inspired by Brussels.”

As part of a project to visit small and medium sized enterprises in Malta and Gozo during the run up to the EP election this month, the EP candidate visited the Mosta Bacon factory. The facility employs over 30 people and has acquired a good reputation for the quality of its products. Mosta Bacon produces meats, both frozen and fresh which it secures orders from both Malta and overseas.

The EP candidate, who was accompanied by Labour MP Tony Agius Decelis, visited the areas where the company keeps its products chilled after having blast frozen them, and where it produces sausages and burgers among other items.

The management of Mosta Bacon told the Dr sant that it feels that markets have been on the mend for some time and are confident that they can create more business opportunities in the coming months.

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