70-80 per cent of nonfoods lack Armenian-language labels

70-80 per cent of nonfoods lack Armenian-language labels

YEREVAN, February 13. /ARKA/. According to rough estimates, 70 to 80
per cent of nonfood products lack Armenian-language labels.

Chairman of the Consumer Protection NGO Abgar Yegoyan said that not
only food, but also nonfood, products must be properly labeled.

He pointed out that chemical products, household appliances, clothing,
perfumes lack Armenian-language labels, which will be in the NGO’s
highlight this year.

On the other hand, Yegoyan pointed out that almost all the food
products imported to Armenia have labels in the Armenian language.

He said that economic entities selling products without
Armenian-language labels commit violations and are to pay fines, 50,000
to 100,000 AMD.

According to the RA Law `On consumer protection’ all the products must
have Armenian-language labels.

On January 1, 2007, the import of products lacking Armenian-language
labels was banned in Armenia. The ban applied to 40 food product items.
>From June 1, 2007, the ban was applied to all other products. `0–