Bulgarian Competition Commission Fines Firms Over Misleading “Butter” Labeling

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The Commission for the Protection of Competition (CPC) in Bulgaria has imposed fines totaling 309,689 euros on two companies over the misleading marketing of a product presented as butter. The sanctions target “Class Food” EOOD and “Alfa SD” OOD, which were found to have marketed a product labeled “Deutsche Markenbutter” despite it containing more than 95% non-dairy fats. According to the CPC, the composition included palm oil, coconut and palm kernel fats, soybean and sunflower oil, as well as