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Guar gum affair keeps on twist

Until Friday only 30 company denoted, that they used the Indian guar gum. Two weeks ago the European Commission informed member states of fears about dioxin levels in guar gum...

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Increased invoice control at stores

According to finance minister Janos Veres the black economy could be decreased form nowadays 20% to 8-10%. He gave an interview for economic daily Napi Gazdasag, where he said the...

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A German brewery launched a kosher Jewish beer

Simcha are sold primarily to kosher restaurants around Germany. The Hartmannsdorf beer's factory manufactures some 10,000 bottles a day, should "Simcha" become popular, its distributors plan to market it throughout...

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At 20 % food price increase the goverment will horn in

Agriculture minister József Gráf said taxdecrease can come at several raw material as for example meat. The Hungarian government is ready to help the farmers with debit for buying feed...

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Red-yellow-green signs on german food

On the new labels costumer can read the nutrion information for example calorie.  More than half of shoppers surveyed are likely to read the food label before buying, but it...

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(HU) Heten az ÁNTSZ fekete listáján

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(HU) Javuló külkereskedelmi mérleg

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Tap water contra mineral water

Pepsi's Aquafina and beverage industry leader Coca-Cola's Dasani are both made by purifying water that comes from public reservoirs.  PepsiCo Incorporated has decided to be transparent about the fact that...

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Weather and climate effects influence the price of agricultural products

Finance Ministry will raise its previous forecast in September. Finance Minister János Veres said market competition, trading channels and the impact of free trade in the EU (which helps even...

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UK man charged with Tesco bomb threats

Europe's second biggest retail chain was several times blackmailed, but never payed. A 51-year-old man had been charged with making bomb threats against Tesco supermarkets which forced Britain's biggest retailer...

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Less food safety problems with hungarian products

After overall control in June the Hungarian Food Safety Office phased 125 products out of circulation. First of all the products bought  in the summer (beer, eiscream, soft drinks) would...

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Marketplace control, the biggest problem is the date of expiry

The Consumer Protection Agency checked last Saturday 120 stores on hungarian market places. 89 were put in the wrong, the penalty sum is HUF 12 million.  Products in value HUF...

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Politicians against unfair entrepreneurs

Karoly Herenyi, floor leader of MDF ask the leader of Consumer Protection Agency to publish the Agency's black list. A short time ago, MDF asks the Agency to make a...

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Plaza building fiber in Romania

With 2 million square metres of retail space available until 2010 – four times more than the current level, the domestic market is attracting more and more European clothing and...

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Hungary jobless rate moderates further to 7.0%

Hungary's rate of unemployment dropped further to 7.0% year on year in the April-June period, from 7.3% in the previous three-month period and 7.5% in Feb-Apr, the Central Statistics Office...

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Hungarian like beer – retail sales growth

The can beer is more popular as the beer in bottle although it is more expensive – according to Nielsen's datas.  The sales value at can beers increased with 5%,...

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Plaza Centers would invest 115 million euros in a commercial center in Romania

The Israeli real estate company bought a 70,000 sm retail-office complex in Iasi.  The new commercial center will have 54,000 square meters of retail space, additional office space, in a...

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Less implugnable food products

Thanks for aligned food safety controls day after day decreased the number of unhealty raw material and food industry products. So the penalty is decreasing. From 90 slaughter house in...

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No more frosen meat

The EU rules are available in Hungary from 1 of August.  According a new food safety decree: retailer can't frozen the meat and it's prohibited to make meatproducts from frozen...

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The whole grain and high fibre food market will reach €15bn by 2010

According to a new report by Global Industry Analysts the baked whole-grain snacks market has the most potential for growth, the report said, and sales of foods such as oven...

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