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Famous Hungarian salami counterfeits sold at Budapest market – PHOTOS, VIDEO
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A butcher shop sold counterfeit meat products for profit in one of the most popular roofed markets of the Hungarian capital which is also often frequented by foreigners.
According to Telex, the inspectors of the Hungarian National Food Chain Safety Agency (NÉBIH) found a counterfeit “csemege szalámi” which was packaged in a way to look like the famous Hungarian Pick salami.
According to the brand’s website, “for 150 years Pick has been a significant player in the European food industry market and has been the leader of the Hungarian meat market, offering excellent quality products widely known and appreciated all over the globe. Pick Szeged Zrt. have the largest dried meat manufacturing capacity in Central-Europe and its scope of activities covers the entire meat industry verticum from slaughtering to the wholesale and retail distribution of meat and meat products”.
The butcher shop wanted to profit from the fame and popularity of the brand and created a counterfeit meat product to reap a much larger profit than they could otherwise.
The salamis were hanging over the meat counter of the butcher shop and, according to the report of the Hungarian National Food Chain Safety Agency (NÉBIH), the employees were the ones who noticed that the approval or authorisation numbers on the product and the packaging were different.
