The Fish Union explained the importance of banning the sale of products with inanimate larvae

The Fish Union explained the importance of banning the sale of products with non-living parasites. Such requirements are contained in the new draft EAEU technical regulations "On the safety of fish and fish products", which were prepared by the Ministry of Agriculture.

"The position of the Fish Union is that we generally support the formulations put forward by the working group on the ORVi and believe that raw materials should be examined once at the stage of primary input into circulation, and further it is necessary to control already products packed in consumer packaging for sale to the end consumer", - explained "Izvestia" participant of the working group on amendments to the technical regulations, the chairman of the Union Alexander Panin.

According to him, the working group on this change in the technical regulations was created back in February 2022. During this time, it has held about 12 meetings, following the results of which proposals for adjusting the wording were formulated.

"It is critically important not to allow that on the shelves of stores appeared products that can cause rejection in the consumer, including due to the presence of invisible inanimate parasites. At the same time, controlling bodies should have a mechanism to check and take action if suddenly the products packaged for sale to the end consumer turn out to be of inadequate quality," explained the business representative.

According to him, control only in terms of live parasites does not give such a guarantee, and on the contrary, opens opportunities for unscrupulous market participants to supply infected products.

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