Over 30 tons of low-quality products were revealed in the markets of Kazan

Since the beginning of 2021, veterinary services have conducted over 250 thousand product examinations in order to ensure food safety. Experts prevented 101 attempts to sell low-quality products.

Timur Galeev, HEAD of the Kazan State Veterinary Association, said at a meeting in the mayor's office that, in total, the laboratories of the capital of the region conduct more than 700,000 examinations of products per year at markets and seasonal fairs.

“Since the beginning of this year, more than 250 thousand examinations have been carried out. As a result of the research, low-quality and dangerous products of animal and vegetable origin, with a total volume of 31 tons, were not allowed to be sold. For example, three cases of organic and parasitic changes in MEAT, 30 in offal and fish, two cases of adulteration of honey with SUGAR, five facts of increased acidity of MILK and dilution with water, eight excesses of nitrate content in plant products, in particular in watermelon and beets, imported from Kazakhstan and the Samara region and so on. Thus, our service prevented 101 violations,” said Galeev.

He noted that there is a problem with compliance with temperature regimes when selling perishable products - meat, fish, eggs and others. “At some retail facilities there are no air conditioners, or refrigeration equipment cannot cope with the load. In such cases, trade is suspended until the violations are eliminated,” Galeev said.

According to him, in RUSSIA, including in Tatarstan, there is still a threat of the emergence and spread of infectious diseases common to both animals and humans, such as foot-and-mouth disease, brucellosis, and rabies.