The ministry emphasized its commitment to protecting Hungarian families and indicated it would intervene if necessary.
Consultations with the Milk Interprofessional Organization and Product Board have already been held.
In addition, the ministry said that plans are underway to expand the range of dairy products included in the national supermarket online price-monitoring platform.
The ministry noted that annualized price increases of 23% for milk and 15.5% for butter are driven by retailer price margins and external factors, highlighting “significant differences” between the margins on private-label and branded products.
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