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76). Procordia is the only Swedish company listed by Charvet (1994) as being among the top twenty European food processing companies. Originally the food and drink division of Volvo, it was offered for sale, a development which led to some opposition among 'the very vocal section of the Swedish population who resent the idea of [the Procordia companies] falling into foreign hands' Food File, 22 March 1995, p. 13). Swedish food exports have increased substantially since the country joined the EU, particularly of salmonella-free poultry and dairy products.
Food security was an understandable preoccupation in the years following the Second World War in Europe, when there were real shortages of food in a number of countries: 'In the immediate postwar period offood shortages, the aim was to expand agricultural production by all possible means, both to raise food supplies and to relieve balances of payment' (Tracy, 1989, p. 219). Assuring the availability of supplies was one of the agricultural policy objectives written into the Treaty of Rome. However, 'World economic growth and its associated technological changes have greatly increased international food security during this century' (Gale Johnson, 1991, p.
For example: As a substantial food exporter the south sought devaluation of the green pound to obtain the maximum possible price increases whereas the United Kingdom, as a food importer, was reluctant to penalize consumers through devaluation. The less rapid devaluation of the green pound in the United Kingdom resulted in southern farmers receiving higher prices for their produce than those in the north and schemes such as the Meat Industry Export Scheme (MIES) had to be introduced to prevent distortions of cross border trade.