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New Fines to Food Businesses Imposed by EFET

Supermarkets, food industries, hotels, food preparation workshops, restaurants, bakeries, canteens and other businesses in Attica, Central Macedonia, Peloponnese, Thessaly, Epirus, Western Greece, Crete, East Macedonia, Thrace and the Ionian Islands were targeted by EFET ((Hellenic Food Safety Authority). EFET imposed 66 fines totaling 339,500 euros for violations such as the disposal of adulterated products, poor hygiene standards of premises, and lack authorized operation of...

Greek Authorities Investigate Group Threatening to Contaminate Food

Greek authorities were searching on Wednesday, for members of a group that threatened to contaminate certain packaged food products with hydrochloric acid, during the Christmas season. The country’s Hellenic Food Authority (EFET) issued an announcement calling on consumers in Athens...

Greek Yogurt May Not be So Greek Anymore

The famous Greek yogurt may not be so Greek from now on as the new article 82 on Greece’s Food and Drink Code says that fresh milk is no longer a required ingredient and yogurt can now be produced...

Hellenic Food Authority Imposes Fines on 21 Food Enterprises

In September, the Hellenic Food Authority (EFET) imposed fines amounting 94,000 euros on 21 food enterprises, found to infringe the applicable legislation. According to the relevant announcement, the fines relate to infringements of food enterprises for possessing and distributing unsafe,...

Imported Tsipouro Health Danger

More than 20,000,000 liters of tsipouro are illegally imported to Greece from Albania, Bulgaria and other neighboring countries, according to the Greek Federation of Spirits Producers (SEAOP), and after being named Greek they are distributed in the market. This tsipouro...

Greek Products Found With Horse Meat

A number of meat products, such as frozen chicken nuggets, frozen schnitzels, Frankfurt-type sausages, pre-cooked frozen meat burgers and others have been recalled by the Greek authorities as they tested positive for horse meat. EFET, the Hellenic Food Authority, published...

Greece has Second-Highest Childhood Obesity Rate in the World

Medical experts have suggested the introduction of cooking classes at school in order to better address childhood obesity, which is assuming disturbing proportions in the last years around the world. According to the recent findings of the University Mental Health...

Greece Participates in Rapid Alert System for Food & Feed

The e-platform RASFF, which is still in its pilot stage, has been operating for almost one month, for the rapid exchange of information on unsafe food or feed. Six countries including Greece are participating in this platform. The countries are: the United Kingdom, France, Denmark, Poland and Estonia. EFET has been...