Large food chains and vegetable exchanges in
Bulgaria sell German and French potatoes as Bulgarian production and thus mislead their customers, National Potato Growers Association alerted. They have submitted complaints to the National Revenue Agency, Consumer Protection Commission and the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency with a request for inspection.
For several months now there has been a trend on both large exchanges and in the big chains to offer German and French potatoes with the label "Origin:
Bulgaria", according to the statements of the President of the Association of Potato Growers Todor Djikov.
Potato producers can readily recognize their making. "Foreign potatoes look differently. We are professionals – growing potatoes is what we do. The average consumer may not make difference between potatoes produced in Germany and in