Expert

Réka Szöllősi

professional and communications director
Association of Responsible Food Producers

She graduated from the College of Foreign Trade and the Gödöllő University of Agriculture, and she received a professional translator degree as well as an EU specialist in agriculture and rural development degree.

She started her professional career as a translator and interpreter specializing in agriculture, at the time of EU accession she was involved in the translation of EU legislation into Hungarian and worked as a translator with leading Hungarian agricultural experts. Between 2004 and 2010 she worked as an expert in the EU then Food Department of the Ministry of Agriculture, served as secretary to the Hungarian National Committee of the FAO / WHO Codex Alimentarius, and represented Hungary in EU Council and Commission food law working groups. She has been working for the Association of Responsible Food Producers since 2010, first as secretary and spokeswoman, from 2015 as managing director, and from 2020 as professional and communications manager. She is associated with the development and implementation of the organisation’s communication program aimed at regaining consumer confidence in the food industry, which also addresses issues related to sustainable food production.

Specialization: national and international background, contexts and trends of food production, dissemination of information to improve the reputation of the sector.