Food with a best-before date that expires in 48 hours is to be banned from the shelves of large supermarket chains in Hungary in the future. This is the result of a notification from the Hungarian government to the EU Commission, according to which Act XLVI of 2008 on the food chain and its official monitoring is to be amended. Food retail groups with a net turnover of at least 100 billion forints (around €254 million) would be affected.