Tag "NÉBIH"
Safe holiday preparations: food safety tips for your Christmas menu
At Christmas, family recipe collections come to the fore again, serving as the basis for compiling the festive menu. During Christmas catering, it is of utmost importance that, in addition...
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Layers of problems
Máté Varga, vice president of the National Council of Wine Communities (HNT) responsible for interprofessional affairs, spoke to our magazine about the current situation and the problems that Hungarian viticulture...
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Increased laboratory capacity to combat grapevine golden yellow disease
This year, the laboratory of the National Food Chain Safety Authority (Nébih) tested nearly 4,000 samples for grapevine golden yellow disease (FD). In response to the increased number of cases...
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MDR 2000 Ltd. has recalled the 50 gram Mama Medicinal Plants Hibiscus Flower product.
Due to the presence of foreign inorganic matter, MDR 2000 Kft. has recalled the 50-gram Mama Medicinal Plants Hibiscus Flower product from circulation – the National Food Chain Safety Office...
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New results of the winter seasonal food chain inspection have arrived
Live fish traders, mulled wine sellers, primary producers, game and fish processors, as well as large-scale and craft beers have also been inspected by food chain safety inspectors in recent...
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Nébih immediately suspended the operation of a game processing plant due to serious food safety problems
Inspectors from the National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih) conducted an inspection at a game processing facility. The experts suspended the operation of the plant with immediate effect due to...
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The rate of submitted reports has not improved for antibiotic-containing preparations used in farm animals
In 2024, roughly half of the quantities marketed were reported as antimicrobial preparations used in the main food-producing animals, similar to previous years. The pig and rabbit sectors performed best:...
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Sunflower and rapeseed seed prices have decreased
According to Nébih data, the seed propagation area of Hungary in 2024 reached 110.4 thousand hectares based on the total area observed (excluding vegetable and flower seeds), which was 8.4...
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Safe vegetable fermentation
Home fermentation is undergoing a renaissance, adding variety to the winter diet./ This article is available for reading in Trade magazin 2025/11. Sauerkraut, kimchi and beet kvass aren’t only healthy...
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Some of SIRHA’s partners
This article is available for reading in Trade magazin 2025/12-2026.01 Italy is the guest country Italy will be the guest country at Sirha Budapest 2026, as ITA celebrates its 100th anniversary. The...
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Nébih suspends the operations of a confectionery manufacturer
Inspectors from the National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih) conducted an inspection at a confectionery manufacturing facility before the winter holiday season. Due to the deficiencies found during the inspections...
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Nébih has suspended the operation of a confectionery factory in Vas County
Due to deficiencies posing a serious food safety risk, the National Food Chain Safety Authority (Nébih) has suspended a confectionery manufacturing plant in Vas County with immediate effect – Nébih...
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The first phase of Nébih’s national winter food chain inspection has been completed
This year, increased official inspections of popular winter holiday foods and the facilities that produce them are taking place across the country. Nébih and regional food chain supervision authorities are...
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Seed Association: Organic farming on a growth path
The areas included in domestic organic farming have continued to grow, now stably exceeding 300 thousand hectares. By the end of the decade, the share of organic areas could double,...
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Festive menu planning made easy with Nébih’s No Leftovers portion calculator
The National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih)’s Maradék felül program, with the professional support of the Hungarian Dietitians’ National Association (MDOSZ), is helping with Christmas menu planning this year with...
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Organic farming on a growth trajectory, the size of the eco-area is now stable at over 300 thousand hectares
The size of the areas included in domestic organic farming has further increased, now stably exceeding 300 thousand hectares. According to the Organic Seed Working Group of the Seed Association...
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Food waste in Hungary has dropped by a third in eight years
According to a 2024 survey by the National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih), Hungarian households throw away an average of 21.5kg of food unnecessarily each year, which represents a 35%...
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500 thousand servings of lunch saved from school canteens
The unique school lunch rescue program of the Hungarian Food Bank Association has reached the milestone of half a million meals. In the initiative, which was launched in the fall...
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Golden yellow disease identified in another county
The laboratory of the National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih) confirmed the presence of the grape golden yellow phytoplasma FD in a sample taken from a 0.3 ha wine grape...
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Nébih experts revealed labeling and quality errors in the product test of grillable cheeses
Experts from the National Food Chain Safety Authority (Nébih) found labeling and quality errors in the autumn product test of 33 Hungarian-produced Szupermenta grillable cheeses, and in one case the...
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African swine fever identified in a dead wild boar on Szentendre Island
The domestic African swine fever (ASP) epidemic situation is worsening: on November 24, the Nébih laboratory confirmed the presence of the ASP virus in a dead wild boar on Szentendre...
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Tibor Navracsics: the government is spending 3.8 billion forints to curb golden yellow grape disease
The government is spending 3.8 billion forints to curb golden yellow grape disease. The aim of the series of measures is to protect untouched areas and localize the disease, the...
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Nébih inspected factories producing both gyro skewers and raw materials – the operation of one factory was immediately suspended
The inspectors of the National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih) conducted inspections in meat plants producing gyro skewers and gyro skewers. Due to the deficiencies found during the inspections that...
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AM: the government remains committed to supporting wine producers
It is our common interest that our historic wine regions produce quality wines, providing a livelihood for farmers, which is why the Ministry of Agriculture (AM) supports market players in...
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Proper management of pesticide waste is important for the protection of human health and the environment
The responsibility of farmers and companies providing pesticide services does not end with the reasonable, professional and safe application of pesticide products. In all cases, the resulting waste must also...
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Food & Label Trade Day for the fourth time
On 16 September Ökosys Zrt. and Dr Ágnes Szegedyné Fricz organised the Food & Label Trade Day. Guest writers: Éva Sebestyénné Szakál (Ökosys Zrt.) és dr. Ágnes Szegedyné Fricz This...
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The government remains committed to supporting wine producers
It is our common interest that our historic wine regions produce quality wines, providing a livelihood for farmers, which is why the Ministry of Agriculture supports market players in the...
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The Ministry of Agriculture supports the preservation of short supply chains with several measures
Short supply chains (SSCs) serve not only to preserve traditions, but also to satisfy modern, conscious consumer needs – said Beáta Olga Felkai, Deputy State Secretary of the Ministry of...
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Packaging market sitting on a roundabout
At the moment the packaging market is shaped primarily by EU and domestic legal requirements. The most important regulatory factors include the PPWR (the EU’s new Packaging and Packaging Waste...
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Information on the electronic registration of plant protection operations
The National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih) informs farmers that the registration obligations regarding plant protection activities are still in force. Accordingly, all plant protection treatments carried out in the...
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