Armenia’s Food Safety Inspectorate finds breaches in fish farms
08.07.2019,
17:02
Acting on citizens’ complaints that undesirable substances are found in fish products, Armenia’s Food Safety Inspectorate has launched a veterinary and epidemiological monitoring of all fish farms across the country to determine also their sanitary conditions.
YEREVAN, July 8. /ARKA/. Acting on citizens’ complaints that undesirable substances are found in fish products, Armenia’s Food Safety Inspectorate has launched a veterinary and epidemiological monitoring of all fish farms across the country to determine also their sanitary conditions.
According to the press service of the regulator, about 100 fish farms were monitored. It said it was important not only to determine the sanitary conditions in the fish farms, but also to check their documents certifying the safety of fish feed, the use of drugs and preventive materials, the processing and packaging of fish products and the presence of freezing devices.
"Despite the fact that the monitoring results have not yet been summarized, breaches of sanitary conditions, documentation, water temperature, and water filtration systems have already been found. Some fish farms were not registered in the database of food chain operators. They were given deadlines to eliminate the revealed breaches," the Food Safety Inspectorate said. -0-
According to the press service of the regulator, about 100 fish farms were monitored. It said it was important not only to determine the sanitary conditions in the fish farms, but also to check their documents certifying the safety of fish feed, the use of drugs and preventive materials, the processing and packaging of fish products and the presence of freezing devices.
"Despite the fact that the monitoring results have not yet been summarized, breaches of sanitary conditions, documentation, water temperature, and water filtration systems have already been found. Some fish farms were not registered in the database of food chain operators. They were given deadlines to eliminate the revealed breaches," the Food Safety Inspectorate said. -0-
