Netherlands: Makro removes foie gras after protest
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Makro, an international retail group, has removed all tins of foie gras on sale in the Netherlands after a protest group, called Wakker Dier, protested against the way the geese were treated in the making of the product. Bert Vukkink, Makro marketing manager, said the board of directors has not been aware of the methods used and that the turnover was only a few thousand guilders and not worth the bad publicity.
Publication Name: NRC Handelsblad
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0002-5259
Year: 2001
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Netherlands: Water contamination due to HSL-Zuid
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Due to the construction of HSL-Zuid, the high speed rail link between Amsterdam and Belgium, water in the Breda region of the Netherlands have been contaminated with heavy metals which have seeped via rain water through bentonite and the ashes of industrial and household waste.
Publication Name: NRC Handelsblad
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0002-5259
Year: 2001
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