Law to be made on truffles

The Ministry of Agriculture will present a legislative proposal on truffle at the forthcoming legislative session – Fazekas Sándor Minister of Agriculture announced.

Papp Béla, with his record-sized (1280 grams) truffle in the Ministry of Agriculture on 30 July 2014. (MTI Photo: Kovács Attila)

The truffle culture is strong in Hungary. In order to preserve the values further, it is important to enter a truffle law into force, such as in the case of the Tokaji wine – the Minister said.

He added that the regulation on the tax avoidance of mushroom collection is already exists, and the ministry is still regularly carry out checks. (MTI)