“We hope Brussels will support the Hungarian proposal to disclose quality discrepancies,” Róbert Zsigó, state secretary in charge of supermarket oversight, told the paper.

The farm ministry drafted the legislation after probes in Hungary and neighbouring countries showed discrepancies in the quality of identically branded food products sold in eastern and in western Europe.

Hungary submitted the draft legislation to Brussels in May.

Republished with permission of Hungary Matters, MTI’s daily newsletter.