PUNITIVE MEASURES TO BE APPLIED TO BODIES THAT GRANTED CERTIFICATES TO TURKISH GOODS NOT METING REQUIREMENTS OF NORMATIVE DOCUMENTS

Noyan Tapan
Mar 15 2006

YEREVAN, MARCH 15, NOYAN TAPAN. In the period of January-February
2006, the RA Quality Inspection made examinations of 103 samples of 45
Turkish goods taken from 42 economic entities at 6 test laboratories
in Armenia. It was found that 11 types of chocolate bars, 3 types
of chocolate sweets, chewing gums of 5 types made in Turkey, as well
as one type of Turkish wafer, chocolate cream, tinned peas and soap
did not meet the requirements of the normative documents, technical
regulations and the RA Law on Foodstuff Safety. Georgy Gyozalian,
Deputy Head of the State Quality Inspection of the RA Ministry of Trade
and Economic Development, said at the March 15 press conference that
the inspection will send a letter to the RA Accrediting Council with
the request to apply punitive measures to the bodies that certified
the above mentioned goods.

According to G. Gyozalian, the examinations were made after the press
publications about the chocolate bar “Safari” of the Elvan company
being made in Baku. The examinations revealed that the chocolate
“Safari” imported to Armenia was made in Turkey.

Based on the results of the conducted checks, orders were issued to
discontinue and forbid the sale of the above mentioned products not
meeting the requirements of the technical regulations, while Hasmik
Manukian enterprise that conducts wholesale trade at Surmalu Fair and
imports the production of the Elvan company (Turkey) was instructed
to remove the production from circulation, inform consumers about it
and to take these products back from consumers. Administrative fines
in the amount of 2.3 mln drams were imposed on the executives of the
economic entities engaged in the sale of products not in line with
the requirements of technical regulations.

G. Gyozalian said that the inspection also examined the chocolates of
Russian and Ukrainian production sold in Armenia, and no violations
of the normative documents’ requirements were found. Besides, the
tea “Azerchay” made in Azerbaijan was examined, and its sale was
discontinued due to the reason of not meeting the requirements of
normative documents. It was noted that the inspection will complete
checks at the perfume market late next week. The water colors of
Iranian production are now undrergoing tests, which were initiated
after a child was poisoned as a result of using these products.