Following the world health crisis caused by COVID-19, experts are now discussing the risk of a food crisis caused by the skyrocketing prices and the lack of support for farmers. Employers’ associations and trade unions in the food industry, however, have given assurances that Romania is not running the risk of a food crisis. The president of the National Federation of the Food Industry Trade Unions, Dragoş Frumosu, explained to Radio Romania that the adoption of measures to cap food prices, as is being discussed these days in Bucharest, would endanger food supply to the population and would stimulate manipulation of the market.
Dragoş Frumosu: “I believe that a measure to rationalize some staples would be a very big mistake, because, firstly, it would create a lot of panic and, secondly, it would make people buy more, and, consequently, we would end up by wasting food.
Food producers ask for stability, predictability and support from decision-makers in o