“Today, Chernihiv region is among the leaders in Ukraine in terms of gross milk production and the number of milking parlors where top-class raw materials are produced,” said Yury Pavlishen, HEAD of the Main Directorate of the State Food and Consumer Service in the Chernihiv region. “72 state veterinary inspectors and 194 authorized veterinarians are able to ensure proper state control of milk production, including fast and high-quality sampling.”
According to the coordinator of the pilot project in the region, the head of the Department of Food Safety and Veterinary Medicine Viktor Kulbak, in the Chernihiv region, two laboratories of the State Food and Consumer Service are accredited in iso 17 025, which allows them to carry out milk research in accordance with the requirements of Ukrainian and European legislation.
One of them, the Chernihiv Regional Laboratory, is already registered with the Dairy Module. Also, the Main Directorate of the State Food and Consumer Service in the Chernihiv region is registered on the IT platform "Milk Module" as an administrator and regional inspector. The next step will be the registration of milk producers and district inspectors.
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