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The Nébih closed down a confectionery factory in Budapest
Mainly due to sanitary irregularities, the operations of a confectionery factory in Budapest was suspended for days – the National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih) told MTI on Tuesday. The...
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Strategic agreement for disseminating the results of agricultural R&D work
The Hungarian Chamber of Agriculture (NAK) and the National Agricultural Research and Innovation Centre (NAIK) signed a cooperation agreement on disseminating the results of agricultural research and development work; the...
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Demonized obesity
More and more data suggests there may be a protective benefit from body fat. What's going on? Broken scale More New Genes Mean the Future of Obesity Treatment Could Get...
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‘SPAR to Go’
The rapid pace of city life makes it impossible for many people to save time for cooking, especially on weekdays. This trend has led to growing demand for ready meals...
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Budapest Wholesale Market: the heart of Hungary’s fruit and vegetable sector
The Budapest Wholesale Market is the place where the products of farmers and wholesalers are presented to serve consumer demand six days a week. It was in 1991 that the...
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17th International Cheese and Curd Festival in Gyomaendrőd
The annual Cheese and Curd Festival in Gyomaendrőd has been one of the main events for manufacturers for many years. Not only they but also winemakers, honey traders and the...
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Magazine: More funds needed for development in the fruit and vegetable sector
According to interprofessional organisation FruitVeb, it is good news for consumers that there will be no major increase in the price of watermelon this season. Last year 90,000 tons of...
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Public sector catering 2015
ccording to Zoltán Molnár, the managing director of Hügli Food Élelmiszeripari Kft., the public sector catering system that we have in Hungary represents great value; it is something that few...
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Fazekas Sándor: a campaign will be launched for the consumption of Hungarian dairy products
Fazekas Sándor at a press conference on Monday, that the Ministry of Agriculture launches a campaign to promote the consumption of Hungarian dairy products. The Minister of Agriculture underlined that...
Read moreThe Association for GMO-free Hungary has been formed
Nagy István, Parliamentary Minister of State of the Ministry of Agriculture considered that the formation of the Association for GMO-free Hungary has historical significance. The Association for GMO-free Hungary has...
Read moreThe NAK calls for the sales of state land to farmers
The National Agricultural Economics Chamber (NAK) would like to see the government take the necessary steps to grant farmers land from the state land property – Győrffy Balázs, president of...
Read moreThe wage negotiations between the trade union and Tesco completed successfully
The wage negotiations between the Commercial Employees' Union (KASZ) and Tesco have been completed successfully, so the company in 2015, provides the professional wage minimum to about 6,000 workers in,...
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The Hajdú grill cheese is gaining ground on TV screens
The national broadcast of the Hajdú grill cheese TV spots begins on 20 July, which is the first TV appereance of the product line as well as the first appereance...
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Wine Communities: the blocking of import wines was an established decision
According to the National Council of Wine Communities (HNT), the Ministry of Agriculture (FM) made an established decision when ordered the blocking of certain imported wines – the HNT told...
Read moreThe winemakers of Szekszárd gave their blood and their Bull’s blood
Give blood and pass it! – the Hungarian Red Cross has launched its unconventional community blood donation campaign on Friday with this slogan. Fourteen winemakers of Szekszárd also joined to...
Read more80 percent of the Hungarian internet users have a smartphone
More than 80 percent of the Hungarian internet user population use smartphones and nearly 10 percent plan to buy smartphone in the future – the research of the Ipsos Zrt....
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New wildlife management act is needed
The old wildlife management is outdated, and therefore it is is necessary to create a new wildlife management law. Bitay Márton, the Minister of State of the Ministry of Agriculture...
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Carrefour increased its revenue
The Carrefour, which is the world's second largest and Europe's largest retail company has announced its second-quarter performance. The French mammoth company’s revenue rose by 4.2 percent to 21.3 billion...
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A pallet manufacturing plant was built in Tiszalök with EU support
The Tiszalök-based Pellet-International Kft. built a pallet manufacturing plant in Tiszalök with a total cost of approximately 150 million HUF. Ónódi István, the managing director of the company, dealing with...
Read moreA consumer protection mobile app helps travelers going abroad
A consumer protection mobile app will help travelers going abroad: The ECC-Net: Travel is available in 25 languages and helps in consumer protection problems that may occur abroad. Kriesch Attila...
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Hungarian Food Product Day in Brussels
On 9-10 June 2015 NAK organised a Hungarian Food Product Day at the Hungarian embassy in Brussels. The forum and trade fair’s goal was to introduce Hungarian groceries to Belgian...
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Basically, they got stronger: hair dye, lacquer and conditioner
The combined value share of the six hair care categories was 4 percent higher in January-April 2015 than in the first four months of 2014. In the 4-month period sales...
Read moreIn the meanwhile in India… – Video of the day
Pizza Huts are just like American Pizza Huts, with two small twists: They serve ketchup as a pizza condiment and instead of service with a smile, you get service with...
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Apricot varieties exhibited in Tordas
At the end of June NAK and the horticulture directorate of the National Food Chain Safety Office (NÉBIH) organised a presentation of apricot varieties in Tordas. Participants could learn about...
Read moreLess but better quality wheat than last year
Farmers expect the wheat harvest to be around 4.5 million tons – less than the usual quantity but better quality. Experts of the Grain Producer’s Association – Hungary (GOSZ) reported...
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Magazine: Cleaning and protecting
In the washing-up category local trends are the same as global trends. Anita Boros, PR manager with Procter&Gamble told our magazine that washing-up liquid sales are dropping and dishwasher detergent...
Read moreKSH: the cattle and pig population continued to grow
The expansion of the cattle stocks has continued. The cattle population amounted to 818 thousand on 1 June 2015, while the number of pigs increased by 64 thousand to 3.1...
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FruitVeB: good melon season is expected
“The melon season has only just started, it is lasting for approximately two weeks, however, it seems that we have all the ingredients to end this year’s maturation period with...
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The NAV checks the trade of milk as well
The National Tax and Customs Authority (NAV) will held controls in order to protect the market position of the dairy industry’s participants. The NAV will purposefully controls the trade of...
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