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Several tonnes of dangerous food found in Europe
Date: 2012-02-08 13:00:49
Rancid olive oil, vinegar-smelling wine and inedible fish were also found throughout Europe, when authorities of ten countries struck on the distributors of false and dangerous foods, medical products and...
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Magazine: Nine out of ten households buy mineral water
Date: 2012-02-08 11:53:57
According to GfK Hungária’s ConsumerScan survey, ninety percent of Hungarian households bought mineral water in 2010. Compared with 2009, the category’s reach expanded by 5 percentage points. Average volume purchased...
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The Tokaj wine region received historical landsape classification
Date: 2012-02-08 11:28:20
Réthelyi Miklós, National Resources Minister declared Tokaqj as a historical landscape. The Tokaj wine region appears on the World Heritage list of The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization...
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Hungarian industry’s momentum halt in the end of the year
Date: 2012-02-07 13:30:47
Industrial production was below expectations last December, but according to analysts, it cannot be drawn further far reaching conclusions from this data, because they consider the data brings a large...
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Magazine: The product fee law may change trends
Date: 2012-02-07 13:07:40
According to data collected by the Hungarian Association of Packaging and Materials Handling (CSAOSZ) from the database of KSH, in terms of value the domestic packaging industry produced a 14-percent...
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Hungary is a backmarker in consumer confidence
Date: 2012-02-07 13:05:03
The consumer confidence index in Hungary has dropped to 30 points from 61 points in two years. This index is the lowest in the world – states Nielsen market research...
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Ministry of Rural Development: beef exports to Turkey to be restarted
Date: 2012-02-07 13:03:43
The Turks agreed the measure package of the Hungarian authorities and, therefore, re-allowed the livestock, including beef imports from Hungary – told the Ministry of Rural Development (VM) to MTI...
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Opten: a further increase in the number of liquidations and dissolutions
Date: 2012-02-07 12:40:26
In January liquidation procceedings have started against 1,951 companies and dissolutions started against nearly two thousand companies. This is a 44 and 71 percent inncrease, compared to January 2011 –...
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More smart phones were sold last year than PCs
Date: 2012-02-07 08:00:10
The sales of smartphones on the world market last year, overtook the sales of personal computers – shows the analysis of the Canalys market research firm. The retail trade sold...
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Ministry of Rural Development: increasing demand for domestic products
Date: 2012-02-06 13:35:51
The demand for domestic products increases – said Bognár Lajos, Deputy-Secretary of State the Ministry of Rural Development (VM) responsible for food chain surveillance and agri management on Monday in...
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The excess of supply can decrease sugar prices
Date: 2012-02-06 13:00:45
The world’s sugar production may exceed the demand also this year, which according to experts say can result in a reduction of sugar prices. Bloomberg quotes the European leaders of...
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The Consumer Protection Inspectorate focuses on hypermarket
Date: 2012-02-06 12:40:52
The Consumer Protection Inspectorate begins the increased monitoring of the big commercial stores in Budapest. The Consumer Protection Inspectorate carries ot the inspections together with two other state offices, which...
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Hungarian-Indian agreement on fish breeding
Date: 2012-02-06 12:38:53
The agreement over aquaculture, carp genetics and freshwater fish breeding programs was signed on 2 February in India, by Czerván György, Secretary of State, responsible for agri-management and Prabeer Kumar...
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This year, China may be the EU's largest export market
Date: 2012-02-06 12:20:04
This year, China can be the EU's largest export market – said Markus Ederer, EU’s Chinese ambassador to Peking on Monday, referring on a forecast based on the current commercial...
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The government pays to Hungarian Sugar Ltd
Date: 2012-02-03 17:51:06
The government is willing to pay the money promised to sugar beet growers within the compass of a national support regulation. The cash will be paid in advance to Hungarian...
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Hungarian-French discussions: CAP and foie gras
Date: 2012-02-03 13:10:16
Among other things, duck and goose products produced with feeding stuff and Their international marketing Were the themes of the ninth meeting of the French-Hungarian Agricultural and Rural Development Working...
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The Ministry of Rural Development promotes organic farming
Date: 2012-02-03 13:00:00
The Ministry of Rural Development develops an organic agricultural management program to promote to increase the organic farming area until 2020 to three hundred thousand hectares in Hungary – informed...
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The government pays the advanced support to the sugar beet factory in Kaposvár
Date: 2012-02-03 12:45:15
The sugar factory in Kaposvár will receive the 800 million HUF until the end of February, which the government could not pay last year to the sugar beet producers, because...
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Garden Region program in the small region of Veszprém and Zirc
Date: 2012-02-03 12:16:08
The city of Veszprém and an NGO launched a program to the production and local use of locally produced chemical-free products – informed Forgács Tamás MTI on Saturday. The project...
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Eurozone’s retail turnover decreased
Date: 2012-02-03 12:12:10
In the euro zone, the volume index of retail trade decreased by 0.4 percent in a month, while in the EU a 0.3 percent increase occurred. In December 2011 the...
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Fifty-nine percent of consumers around the world indicate difficulty understanding nutritional labels
Date: 2012-02-02 13:12:42
Nielsen, a leading global provider of insights and analytics around what consumers watch and buy, today released a new report indicating that 59 percent of consumers around the world have...
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S & P: the eurozone may leave the recession behind in the second half of the year
Date: 2012-02-02 13:00:34
The euro zone in this year's second half is expected to gradually leave behind its “mild recession” – predicted Standard & Poor's on Thursday in London. The international credit rating...
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One million liters of illegal Italian wine was found in Bács-Kiskun county
Date: 2012-02-02 12:20:24
The Food Chain Safety inspectors found one million liters of illegal Italian wine in Bács-Kiskun county – announced the Ministry of Rural Development. The official proceedings are taking place with...
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The winemakers in Somogy cannot increase their prices
Date: 2012-02-02 11:41:19
The majority of the winemakers in Somogy cannot increase their prices, because the consumers are sensitive to any price changes. The great majority of the domestic wineries implemented huge improvements...
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Balatoni korona: hundred million output is planned in one and a half year
Date: 2012-02-02 10:40:45
The Balatoni crown will be marketed on March 22, the issuer, th e Balatoni Korona Zrt. counts on three hundred accepting sites and hundred million output in one and a...
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GfK achieved sales increase of 6.2% in 2011 based on preliminary figures
Date: 2012-02-01 17:34:42
In financial year 2011, the GfK Group achieved an increase in sales and income. Based on the preliminary figures, sales were up by 6.2% to around EUR 1,374 million in...
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The Christmas sales of SMEs stagnated
Date: 2012-02-01 14:26:29
This is his second year of stagnation in the Christmas sales of the small and medium sized enterprises. Their Christmas sales apparently not changed, compared to the previous year. However,...
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Fazekas Sándor: the tenders of the Darányi Ignác Plan constantly open
Date: 2012-02-01 13:27:57
This year, the applications of the Darányi Ignác Plan are being opened continuously – said Fazekas Sándor, Rural Development Minister. The Rural Development Minister pointed out that the Darányi Ignác...
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World Bank: food prices rose by one-fourth last year
Date: 2012-02-01 13:20:23
The 2011 food price index was 24 percent above the 2010 value and the volatility is expected to continue – told the World Bank. Between September and December 2011, food...
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VAN foundation: “Search for the local products!”
Date: 2012-02-01 13:10:00
Local producers have established a local producer database, with the public contact details of more than 2,600 domestic local producers, with the support of the European Union’s Regional Development Fund,...
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