Food safety

Ministry launches major food inspection campaign

Officials from the Agriculture Ministry will conduct food inspections at restaurants, hotels, cafes and other eateries until Sept. 8 to ensure that products offered at those venues comply with health regulations.

The inspections, which started on Aug. 21, will be carried out simultaneously in all 81 provinces of the country.

Fuel adulteration: Large price discrepancies at gas stations should make consumers suspicious

"Fuel adulteration is not a new phenomenon, but today the smugglers and those who adulterate fuel have become experts in this game, so it is very difficult to catch them" Athanasios Papadopoulos, vice-president of the Federation of Gasoline Dealers of Greece, pointed out.

Podgoršek presents priorities of EU presidency to Kyriakides

Ljubljana/Brussels – Agriculture Minister Jože Podgoršek discussed Slovenia’s EU presidency priorities concerning food safety, and animals and plants with European Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides via videoconference on Tuesday. The minister said Slovenia would devote utmost attention to the safety of consumers, and food traceability.

Blockchain technology to be applied as a first in Romanian food sector

The blockchain technology, known until now in the financial industry, will be applied, for the first time, in the Romanian food sector, offering consumers the possibility of discovering information, straight from the farm, regarding the origin and quality of the produce they consume.

CMBSU: Indoor activity of restaurants and cafes, banned

The Bucharest Municipality Committee for Emergency Situations (CMBSU) has decided in its Sunday meeting to ban the indoor activities of restaurants and cafes, taking into account the over 3 per thousand incidence rate of COVID-19 cases in the Capital city. The measures will come into effect as of March 8, at midnight, for a 14-day period, and will be reassessed at the end of this interval.

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