According to the draft resolution submitted for discussion by the Ministry of Agriculture on Tuesday, the new list of food products that will be restricted from commercial supplements for another 2 months includes 17 products instead of the previous 21 food products. Shortbread, yeast, margarine, broth, garlic and minced meat were removed from the list, and butter was introduced instead.

• “The decision to introduce magiun was made considering the fact that the commercial additive in stores is very high compared to the production cost of Romanian producers, which discourages the consumer from buying this product without added sugar.
• Practically from the producer to the shelf, the price ends up doubling, and people choose cheaper products imported from other countries, but with a lot of added sugar,” government sources told HotNews.ro on Tuesday.

The 17 food products that will be commercially added are limited for another 2 months

1. Plain white bread weighing 300-500 grams, without dishes

2. Cow’s milk for consumption of 1 liter, with a fat content of 1.5%, except UHT

3. Bulk Telemea cow cheese

4. Natural yogurt from cow’s milk 3.5% fat, maximum weight 200 g.

5. White wheat flour “000” up to 1 kg

6. Chop up to 1 kg

7. M caliber chicken eggs

8. Sunflower oil up to 2 l

9. Fresh chicken meat*

* Chicken meat in the application of this emergency order means: whole chicken, chicken cutlery, whole chicken legs with bone and chicken wings, standard version.

10. Fresh pork**

** Pork, in the application of this emergency order, means: processed pork, bone-in and bone-in pork shank, pork loin.

11. Fresh vegetables wholesale***

*** In the application of this emergency order, fresh vegetables in bulk are understood as: tomatoes, onions, cucumbers, dried beans, carrots, bell peppers and capsicums, garlic.

12. Fresh fruits wholesale****

**** Fresh fruit in bulk in the application of this emergency order means red and golden apples, plums, pears, table grapes.

13. Fresh white potatoes in bulk

14. Cast white sugar up to 1 kg

15. Cream – 12% fat

16. Butter up to 250 gr

17. Magiun up to 350 gr.

SEE DRAFT OUG WITH NEW FOOD LIST

The government will adopt this normative act on Wednesday

The decision to extend for another 2 months the mechanism of limiting commercial additives to basic food products was announced a day ago by Prime Minister Çolaku.

According to HotNews.ro sources, the government will adopt this regulation on Wednesday, given that restrictions on commercial supplementation were supposed to end on Thursday, February 1.

This was reported by Marcel Cholaku on Facebook:

• “I note that even those who previously criticized this measure now admit that without it prices would have increased by up to 20%.
• It is clear that the restriction restrained the speculative growth of prices, helped to reduce inflation and preserve the purchasing power of the population.
• According to the INS, prices in December 2023 were 5.8% higher than in December 2022, while in June 2023 (before the introduction of this measure) the difference compared to the same month of the previous year was almost 18%.
• Çolaku says he will continue discussions with the big chain stores about “a long-term mechanism based on a partnership between the state and business to keep prices under control.”

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