date:Sep 30, 2022
Sixty-three percent of Swiss voters decided to vote against a proposal that would have banned intensive animal farming and imports from countries where this practice is in place. Switzerland has some of the highest grocery prices in the world, with meat prices in the nation being 244.5% of the EU average.
A yes vote would have meant a sharp increase in the price of animal products by an average of 20% to 40%, Michel Darbellay, head of production, markets and ecology at the Swiss Farmers Union (