“The farm ministry will immediately review the situation and take the necessary legal steps to unequivocally protect the Hungarian market in an enforceable manner,” Bóna said.

Legislation is being drafted on a ban of imports from Ukraine of a range of farm products, including beef, pork, poultry, eggs, vegetables, wheat, rye, barley, maize, rapeseed, sunflower seed and wine, he added.

In a separate post, Bóna said food safety authority Nebih had recorded two planned shipments of a total of 21.2 tonnes of grain products from Ukraine since the earlier ban lapsed from May 18.