The anti-shrinkage regulation has already appeared in the gazette

From now on, you must notify stores if you have started selling a smaller package of a product. With this, the government wants to break shrink inflation, which means that while the packaging of a product has decreased (for example, instead of a liter of soft drink, there is only 0.75 liters in the bottle), the price remains the same, reports Telex. Until now, it was known that there would be such a decree, and it appeared in the Hungarian Gazette on Monday evening.

In accordance with the decree, in stores with a turnover exceeding HUF 1 billion

• If a product sold between January 1, 2020 and July 1, 2023 is put on the market in a new, smaller packaging, then the retailer must indicate for two months that something has become smaller.
• However, there is a loophole: if, in addition to the smaller package, the previous larger package is also sold for at least six months, then nothing needs to be indicated.
• The decree enters into force on February 1.
• On the other hand, for those products that will be marketed between July 1, 2023 and February 29, 2024, information sheets must be displayed only one month later, from March 1.
• Manufacturers and wholesalers must also inform stores that something has become smaller.
• If manufacturers and shops do not comply with this, they can be fined up to HUF 1 million per product.