Food & drink
A joint charity campaign between the fuel station chain AS VIRŠI-A ("Virši") and SOS Children’s Villages Association has raised €21,018 in support of the Association’s efforts.
The website TasteAtlas has ranked Latvian cuisine among one of the worst in Europe, and Latvian traditional sklandrausis – a potato and carrot filling on rye base – the fifth most untasty food in the world. While experts question the objectivity of this judgment, the tourism industry plans to use the publicity, Latvian Television's "Culture Shock" reports.
About 18 tonnes of food products that have expired or their expiration date had been modified have been found in a warehouse in Daugavpils, Spaļu Street, the Food and Veterinary Service (PVD) said. The goods have been imported into Latvia by a Lithuanian company, which has been fined EUR 1,100 for the detected violations.