Nébih turns to the web stores

Increased scrutiny of participants in internet commerce by the National Food Chain Safety Agency from 1 April. The specialists will pay special attention to the origin of the goods, but they will also check the storage and delivery activities of the web stores.

Internet commerce is a constantly expanding market segment, in 2008 goods worth HUF 60 billion moved on the Hungarian electronic market, and in 2012 they reached HUF 160-180 billion. Traffic is projected to grow by at least 10 percent a year.

In the western countries of the EU, the share of e-commerce in total trade reaches 10 percent, in Hungary this share was 2011 percent in 2,4.

Recently, several food chains have announced that they will launch sales through an online webshop, so the share of online food trade will continue to rise. Nébih has carried out a smaller number of inspections in this area in previous years, but is then paying close attention to internet commerce, given changes in trends, the agency said in a statement on Wednesday. [MTI]