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Mussel 'catastrophe' puts French moules-frites at risk

Restaurants relying on foreign imports and west coast growers call for emergency state aid as mussel production plummets 90 per cent.

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Mussel growers in western France have called for emergency state aid as they face an “unprecedented” squeeze following a 90-per-cent plunge in production of the shellfish blamed on bad weather and pollution, reports The Telegraph.

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