Intensive farming: record fine for France's biggest pig farm over sewage spill
A court in Brittany has handed a 200,000-euro fine, half of which is suspended, to a company that manages the largest pig farm in France after it polluted a nearby river with up to 300,000 litres of porcine excrement and urine. On top of what is a record fine for such a case in France, the company, Kerjean, was also banned from receiving any public aid for one year, while an expert is to be mandated to establish the environmental prejudice caused. Kristen Falc’hon reports.
AA court in north-west France has slapped a 200,000-euro fine, half of which is suspended, on a company that manages the country’s largest pig farm after a spill from the site of between 100,000 and 300,000 litres of porcine excrement and urine into a nearby river. Its manager was fined 20,000 euros, half suspended, and the company is banned from receiving public subsidies for a period of one year.
