{"id":85659,"date":"2023-09-17T17:28:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-17T15:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/?p=85659"},"modified":"2023-09-17T17:29:10","modified_gmt":"2023-09-17T15:29:10","slug":"minister-lemke-wants-to-ban-deceptive-packaging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/ministerin-lemke-will-mogelpackungen-verbieten\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister Lemke wants to ban \u201edeceptive packaging\u201c"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Federal Consumer Protection Minister Steffi Lemke (Greens) wants to take action against hidden price increases in the retail sector. Corresponding regulations are to be introduced as part of the amendment to the Packaging Act.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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(AFP) \u201eDeceptive packaging is a major nuisance, consumers are being misled\u201c, Lemke told the \u201eHandelsblatt\u201c<\/a> according to a preliminary report on Saturday.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

According to Lemke, it should be clearly regulated in future \u201ethat packaging of the same size with reduced contents is not permitted\u201c. The same applies if the contents remain the same and the packaging is enlarged. \u201eSuch practices are problematic both from the point of view of consumer protection and waste avoidance,\u201c emphasised Lemke.<\/p>

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A draft bill is currently going through the government's internal departmental coordination process. SPD consumer politician Carsten Tr\u00e4ger called the proposed change to the law a \u201enecessary step for environmental and consumer protection\u201c. It would make it clear \u201ethat less filling quantity with the same packaging size is inadmissible\u201c, Tr\u00e4ger told the Handelsblatt newspaper.<\/p>

FDP consumer politician Katharina Willkomm opposed the coalition partner's legislative plans. \u201eIn a free market economy, manufacturers are free to determine the price of their goods and the size of the packaging or to change both,\u201c Willkomm told the newspaper. \u201eThere is no need for a legal ban on shrinkage.\u201c<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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In addition, there is sufficient social control through negative prices such as the \u201echeat pack of the year\u201c from the consumer advice centres, said the FDP politician. \u201eConsumers who feel cheated by the product should consistently switch brands the next time they shop.\u201c<\/p>

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