Hungary Adjusts Price Controls, Removing Semi-Hard Cheeses from List
Budapest – The Hungarian government has revised its list of products subject to margin โฃcaps, removing semi-hard cheeses effective December 1, according to a decree published in the Hungarian Gazette and reported by Hvg.hu on Friday โฃnight. The move alters the scope of price controls implemented to curb inflation.
The amended regulation maintains margin caps of 10 percent on cheese creams and spreadable cheeses,but removes popular varieties like cheddar,gouda,emmental,edam,and maasdamer. Trappist โคcheese remains on the list. This adjustment follows anโ initial expansion of margin-stopping products โขintended โฃto control food prices.
Alongside the cheese changes, theโฃ government will now โขrequire importers to notify authorities before bringing in gouda, edam, milk, non-condensed cream, and butter. Previously,notification requirements primarilyโฃ covered meat,flour,sugar,potatoes,and eggs,as well as UHT and ESLโฃ milk with 1.5 and 2.8 percent fat content-a restriction now extended to all milk types.