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Hungarian government launches new round of quality testing of food products
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A new investigation into possible double standards regarding the quality of 30-35 products on the Hungarian and western European markets will cover beers, soft drinks, ice creams, grill products, sauces and salad dressings, a farm ministry official responsible for food safety told public television on Tuesday.
If quality differences between food products manufactured for the western and central European markets are found, the European Commission will have to resolve the issue, state secretary Róbert Zsigó said. The problem appears to be present on the Slovak and Croatian market as well, he added.
The Visegrad Group (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia) and others are to hold a conference on Tuesday in Bratislava, where they will present the quality differences to EU commissioners, Zsigó said.
The Hungarian government has drafted a bill seeking to compel multinational companies to declare differences in quality or ingredients to consumer information on the labels of products sold in Hungary. The European Union is examining the bill, he added.