Consumer protection agency inspects Easter hams, fruit juices and gluten-free products

By: Trademagazin Date: 2025. 02. 28. 11:50

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The National Trade and Consumer Protection Authority (NKFH) has begun testing Easter hams, fruit juices and gluten-free products, together with the government agencies under its professional control, in order to protect Hungarian families and consumers, the NKFH press department told MTI on Saturday.

They wrote that the aim of the inspection, combined with laboratory testing, is to filter out products that deceive consumers and to examine items that pose a food safety risk.

Before the Easter holidays, the laboratory tests will cover both raw and heat-treated hams, fruit juices and gluten-free products.

They added that in the case of raw hams and fruit juices, the aim of the tests is to verify the authenticity of the name and nutritional information on the label in terms of compliance with the regulations and the requirements set out in the Hungarian Food Code.

For health reasons, it is of utmost importance that foods marketed with gluten-free labels actually comply with the label

– they stated.

They recalled that according to the relevant EU regulation, a food can be called gluten-free if its gluten content – in the form sold to the final consumer – is no more than 20 milligrams per kilogram.