High tax on high-fat foods

Denmark became the first country in the world to tax high-fat food items including butter, meat, milk, and pizza in an effort to limit the fertility of the country.

The new tax law issued by the Danish government each year will increase by 2.9 Euro per kilogram of saturated fat in food.

In response to the new government law, many people rushed into supermarkets with the aim of filling their refrigerators with items that would go up after the new tax laws were applied, causing supermarket shelves. back up clean, Christian Jensen hosts a supermarket in Copenhagen for AFP.

The new government law faces many protests from food producers and traders.

"I don't really think that the new tax law will limit people's need for items they find necessary. If people want to buy a cake, they will definitely buy," Christian Jensen added.

"We suspect that the new law will bring better health to the people, in addition, consumers will incur greater costs, which greatly affects the budget of each family while they are in need of savings. " , Gitte Hestehave, spokesman for the Danish Industry Federation said.

Not only that, the valuation of domestic and imported items is very complicated, because it requires honest declaration of producers from both sides. In addition, both the computer system must adjust and the volume of administrative work is heavier for both manufacturers and sellers. Therefore both sellers and buyers hope the new law will quickly end.