What the label says and what's actually in the package - more and more often, they are not the same thing. The Food and Veterinary Agency (AHV) has uncovered serious discrepancies in meat products, and the first results, as the agency itself admits, are even more worrying than those found in dairy.

After checks on dairy products, where irregularities were found at some operators, the focus shifted to cured and semi-cured meat products - salami, sausages and pâtés. The analyses showed that some producers knowingly mislead consumers, selling products whose composition does not match what is written on the label.

Put simply: it's sold as one thing, but the package holds another - often meat of a lower grade than the label claims. The AHV announced that the names of companies with disputed products will be made public, which is a step in the right direction. But the question is why these checks are only happening now, rather than as a regular, standing practice.

For the citizen who buys salami for the kids every day, this is no abstract statistic - it's outright fraud at the checkout, paid for with their own money and their own health. Naming the companies is good, but not enough. The real question is who let products be sold with false labels for years, and whether anyone will actually be held responsible - or whether it all fizzles into yet another campaign that goes quiet the moment the headlines fade.