HEALTHY FOOD PRODUCED IN ARMENIA?

Panorama.am
16:03 25/11/2008

Pesticide laboratory has been opened in veterinary diagnostic center
of the Ministry of Agriculture. The Prime Minister of Armenia Tigran
Sargsyan was present at the official opening ceremony.

Being an importing country the establishment of this laboratory is very
important for Armenia. Today most of world’s products are prepared with
certain proportion of pesticides, which extra amount could be dangerous
for human health, said Hovhannes Hakobyan, the director of the center.

38 types of pesticide can be fixed in this laboratory. It is planned
to establish second similar laboratory in 2009.

Prime Minister has signified the initiative. "The laboratory which
corresponds to modern demands, gives an opportunity to the Ministry of
Agriculture to inform our people, including information that the food
produced in Armenia is safe for human health," said the Prime Minister.