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Food producers and retailers are criticizing the new European packaging regulation as confusing and ill-conceived. Food producers fear that companies will have to change their packaging several times due to unclear rules, which will cost them millions in investments. Retailers are also concerned about the investments associated with the regulation, which will subsequently be reflected in product prices. They are therefore asking for a postponeme…

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Prague - The European regulation on packaging, which is to partially apply from mid-August this year, is not sufficiently prepared and will burden the entire food and retail sector. This was stated by Iva Werbynská, director of the SYBA Packaging Institute, in an interview with ČTK. If the regulation cannot be postponed, people will have to pay extra for food from August, according to her. The regulation introduces, among other things, mandatory…