Inspection of markets. Strawberries from Greece, cabbage from Macedonia, potatoes from Romania - without labeling

Published 2024년 5월 23일

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The Polish Ministry of Agriculture has announced changes to the food product labeling Act after finding irregularities in the labeling of agri-food products at wholesale markets. These inspections, which focused on fresh fruit, vegetables, and potatoes, revealed that 10 out of 17 entities inspected had labeling issues. The Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Michał Kołodziejczak, emphasized the importance of maintaining product quality and ensuring that imported products do not negatively impact the sales of Polish products. An amendment to the Act on labeling of food products, vegetables, and fruit is in the works, including potential markings to indicate the country of origin, in compliance with the European Commission.

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Irregularities found during recent inspections of agri-food products on wholesale markets mainly concerned product labeling. The Ministry of Agriculture announces a change to the Act on labeling of food products. Massive inspections of agri-food exchanges - as we wrote about - were recently inaugurated by the Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Michał Kołodziejczak. And the participating Agricultural and Food Quality Inspection Service (IJHARS) has now reported the first results regarding the inspections of fresh fruit, vegetables and potatoes taking place on May 16 on wholesale markets in Kraków, Lublin, Poznań, Rzeszów, Szczecin and Warsaw. 73 batches (with a total weight of 41,159.1 kg) of tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce, young cabbage, strawberries and potatoes, offered by 17 entities, were put under the microscope. "Irregularities were found in 10 entities, mainly related to the labeling of domestic and foreign products. The quality requirements were questioned in the case of 1 ...

Source: AgroPolska