GOVERNMENT APPROVES NEW REGULATIONS FOR MEAT PRODUCTS

Armenpress
Aug 16 2007

YEREVAN, AUGUST 16, ARMENPRESS: The Armenian government has approved
today new Technical Regulations for Meat and Meat Products, which set
the permissible levels of ingredients in meat products in conformity
with European Union standards Grisha Baghian, chief of an agricultural
ministry department for food safety and veterinary, said to reporters
that the government has also approved technical requirements for meat
processing factories.

He said the companies which will break these new rules will be
penalized from 30,000 to 500,000 Drams.

He said the new Regulations will be instrumental in supervising the
quality of meat products. He said also there are ten labs in Yerevan
which have equipment for thorough examination of meat products.