European Union food quality scandal
The European Union food quality scandal is a controversy claiming that certain food brands and items targeted at Central and Eastern European Union countries' markets are of lower quality than their exact equivalent produced for the Western European Union markets.[1]
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker acknowledged the issue in his State of the Union address pledging funding to help national food authorities test the inferior products and start to tackle the food inequality.[2][3] In April 2018 EU Justice and Consumers Commissioner Věra Jourová stated that "We will step up the fight against dual food quality. We have amended the Unfair Commercial Practice Directive to make it black and white that dual food quality is forbidden."
References
[edit]- ^ Boffey, Daniel (16 September 2017). "Europe's 'food apartheid': are brands in the east lower quality than in the west?". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 15 December 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
- ^ "Dual quality food products : Tackling unfair practices". European Commission. Archived from the original on 15 December 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
- ^ "'No second class consumers': Juncker slams double food quality in the EU". Euractiv. 13 September 2017. Archived from the original on 15 December 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
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