NKFH: food safety raids during the summer season, primarily in ice cream parlors and beach buffets

During the seasonal inspections, the authority’s staff pay special attention to compliance with food safety and hygiene regulations, and emphasis is also placed on providing adequate information to consumers.

The summer months are an intensive period for both consumers and service providers. As a result of the pleasant weather, more and more people visit beaches, ice cream parlors, and festivals, thus significantly increasing the demand for services. All this justifies the increased inspection activities of the NKFH and the government agencies under its professional management, the primary goal of which is to protect the health and safety of consumers, the statement explained.

The inspections carried out in ice cream parlors and buffets cover the production processes, the origin of the raw materials and the hygiene conditions. Food safety and hygiene inspections are carried out at festivals, during which special attention is paid to the examination of the proper information of consumers

– the NKFH detailed.

Lilla Német-Weingartner, President of the NKFH, highlighted in the statement that

“our goal is not only to reveal shortcomings, but also to promote operation in accordance with the law, in order to ensure that consumers can use safe, reliable and regularly operating services during the summer season – avoiding any possible inconveniences. Our mission is to support the law-abiding behavior of businesses by showing them the right path, thereby increasing customer satisfaction while enforcing consumer rights.”

The NKFH and government agencies will continue the inspections in the future and do everything possible to ensure consumer safety. In order to spend the summer period without any worries, it is essential for consumers to be properly informed and for the services used to comply with food safety and hygiene regulations, the consumer protection authority announced.