The probe was launched after a comparison of identically branded food products showed varying degrees of difference in quality when stocked on store shelves in Hungary as opposed to other...
“We hope Brussels will support the Hungarian proposal to disclose quality discrepancies,” Róbert Zsigó, state secretary in charge of supermarket oversight, said
The Hungarian government has sent a letter to the directors of public schools listing foods and beverages to be banned at school buffets and vending machines
A survey found differences in composition of ingredients or sensory perception in one third of products tested
Hungary's farm ministry said the results of the survey supported the government’s related measures, noting that the government had turned to the European Commission over the issue of food quality
“The EU should take legal action to ensure that the same product can be purchased at the exact same level of quality in Austria, Germany and Hungary," said Róbert Zsigó, state secretary for food chain supervision
According to Sándor Fazekas, Hungary's Agriculture minister, tests on the samples of around 100 food products have revealed that multinationals tend to produce and sell lower quality products in Hungary than in western Europe
Warsaw, 2 March 2017
Ministers of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia discussed the issue of international food companies supplying products of lower quality to central and eastern European countries than they deliver to western Europe