Not exact matches
The EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council will discuss the issue of
dual quality foods next week as Slovakia and Hungary push for EU legislation to prevent manufacturers selling poorer
quality products in Eastern countries of the single market bloc.
A Croatian survey into
dual quality food has found differences in ingredients or price in as many as 85 % of the
products sampled.
The European commissioner for consumers vowed to stamp out
dual quality foods this week as she repeated concerns that selling
products of a different
quality in Eastern countries was permitted.
Food makers have insisted that the industry views «all consumers [as] equally important» as the European Commission signalled its intention to improve
product competitive testing proceedures in response to concerns over so - called «
dual quality»
foods.
The European Commission's New Deal forbids
dual quality food and gives authorities the power to fine companies for marketing
products that are «significantly different».