AN IDEAL LAW TO PREVENT FOOD POISONINGS

Panorama.am
15:18 28/03/06

“Our country can be listed among the developed ones if the consumer
doesn’t feel danger while buying food in the shops,” announced NA
Deputy Tatoul Manaseryan during the round table organized in the
National Academy of Sciences today. He expressed his concern about the
fact that genetically modified goods of low quality are still being
imported into the country in spite of being banned by law. “They do
not only cause poisonings but also genetic transformations.” As a
fresh example T. Manaseryan mentioned the goods imported from Turkey
recently the 90% of which did not correspond to International Standards
of Quality. And that is not the only example.

“A serious state approach is needed towards this question which will
prevent that danger, “the Parliamentary Deputy thinks.

And what does it mean: “A serious state approach”?

Deputy Minister of Agriculture Gagik Khachatryan thinks that the
legislative field has to be improved in accordance with international
standards, although he also thinks that “there are no ideal laws”.

Later the President of “Farmers’ Movement” public organization
Sargis Sedrakyan wondered how our village food can correspond to ISO
requirements when “a farmer sows whatever he has”. What is the role
of the Government in this case? And the Governmental representative
mentioned that a new draft law about food security has been worked
out according to which management systems have to be formed in
food producing enterprises. When S. Sedrakyan asked to answer his
question to the point Deputy Minister G. Khachatryan said: “Armenia
has no corresponding equipment and laboratory system to check the
seeds. Steps are being taken in that direction.”