Head of Rosselkhoznadzor: it is necessary that the Ministry of Agriculture is also responsible for the quality of food

“It is necessary that the Ministry of Agriculture is responsible, among other things, for the quality of products,” Sergei Dankvert said.

The need for this, first of all, is due to the fact that the system of production according to specifications has become uncontrolled. "Products according to specifications have the right to life, they did this in order to introduce new types faster," he said. "It's just that now it has turned into an uncontrolled system, and it all depends on how control is built in the state."

According to the HEAD of the ROSSELKHOZNADZOR , the department's control systems allow, for example, to see the substitution of products in the process of its production. “It turns out that today we see in the chain what products came in (for processing), which came out. We can see very well that one type of fish has entered, and canned food has allegedly been released from another, more expensive,” he said. Rosselkhoznadzor cannot stop the further promotion of counterfeit products , because it does not have the appropriate authority.

As Sergei Dankvert explained, the service is formally responsible only for security. "Iwashi came in. Safe? Safe. Canned saury came out. Safe? Safe. And Rosstandart is not responsible for what is written on the label. It only registered the technical conditions," the speaker said, adding that today unscrupulous manufacturers are massively using this.

In the case of expanding the powers of the Ministry of Agriculture, the electronic systems of Rosselkhoznadzor will stop the spread of counterfeit products. "It costs us nothing if more expensive canned food is produced from the wasashi, they are immediately blocked and the movement is stopped," the head of the Rosselkhoznadzor said.