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Armenia’s government introduces new labeling standards for meat, dairy products
... approved amendments to the "Law on Trade and Services" and the Code of Administrative Offenses on Thursday. Economy Minister Gevorg Papoyan explained the new regulations, stating that dairy products will be color-coded based on their ingredients. Sour cream made from real milk will have green labels, while those made from milk fat substitutes will have orange labels. This initiative aims to prevent consumer confusion and ensure transparency about the origins of food products. In addition to the ...
07/04/2024Foodstuffs in Armenia fell in price by 5.8% in January 2024
... January fell in price by 1.1% yoy, pork - by 9.8%, mutton - by 1.7%, while poultry meat rose in price by 0.2%. Prices for fish and seafood in January 2024 to January 2023 decreased by 6.5%. In January 2024 , the price of cheese fell by 7.2% year-on-year, sour cream went up by 0.8%, fresh milk - by 3.4%, and eggs by 1.1%. Also, margarine fell in price by 24.6%, butter by 6.7%, and vegetable sunflower oil by 31%. Fruit in January fell in price by 0.8%, Vegetables by 11.6%. The sugar fell in price by 5.8%,...
02/07/2024Foodstuffs in Armenia fell in price by 4.8% in 2023
... while confectionery rose in price by 0.3%. Meat fell in price by 1%. At the same time, poultry meat went up by 0.6%. Prices for fish and seafood decreased by 5.6%. Cheese fell in price by 6.8%, cottage cheese rose in price by 0.4%, matzun upped by 0.5%, sour cream - by 1%, fresh milk - by 3.1%, while eggs fell in price by 0.2%. Margarine fell in price by 23.1%, butter by 5.7%, and sunflower oil by 30.6%. Fruits rose in price by 0.7% in December on a year-over-year basis. Vegetables decreased by 6.6% ...
01/09/2024Prices of food and non-alcoholic drinks grew by 5.1% in March 2023 compared to March 2022
... with this, poultry meat rose in price by 1.6% in the reporting period and lamb meat increased in price by 3.4%. Prices of fish and seafood in March 2023 were down 0.6% against March 2022. Prices of eggs fell by 1.1%, cheese became 15.4% more expensive, sour cream became 6.2% more expensive and fresh milk increased in price by 8.4%. Margarine rose in price by 10.8%, sunflower oil became 20% cheaper and butter decreased in price by 0.1%. Fruits in March rose in price by 8.7%. Potatoes rose in price by ...
04/06/2023Breaches found by Food Safety Inspection Body in production of cottage cheese eliminated
... products in question were Marianna, Biokat, Ashtarak Kat, and Arzni. The Food Safety Inspection Body examined cottage cheese produced by 9 companies - Chanakh, Father and Son Yeremyan, Bonilat, Marianna, Arzni kat, Ashtarak kat, Marila and 4 types of sour cream produced by Chanakh, Bonilat, Arzni and Biokat. According to the findings of laboratory examination, the cottage cheese of 4 companies did not meet the requirements of the technical regulations of the Customs Union ‘On safety of milk and ...
04/04/2023Sour cream with E. coli and yeast fungi: Hetq finds violations in 4 out of 10 samples
The Hetq Association of Investigative Journalists has unveiled the results of another study of 10 samples of sour cream produced by Armenian dairies. YEREVAN, March 23. /ARKA/. The Hetq Association of Investigative Journalists has unveiled the results of another study of 10 samples of sour cream produced by Armenian dairies. On March 2, 2023, the Association ...
03/23/2023Two large dairy factories fined in Armenia
... Commission for the Protection of Economic Competition fined Arzni Dairy Products LLC and Aparan Cheese Factory OJSC for misleading consumers. According to the regulator, the factories used vegetable fat to produce products, which they marketed and sold as sour cream. The commission imposed a fine of 457,300 Adrams on the Arzni cheese factory and a fine of 623,400 drams on the Aparan cheese factory for unfair competition. Both companies said they were not going to challenge the decision of the commission ...
02/23/2023Regulator suspends production of Tamara sour cream
The Armenian Food Safety Inspection Authority has temporarily banned Tamara company in the town of Abovyan from production of sour cream of the same name. YEREVAN, February 6. /ARKA/. The Armenian Food Safety Inspection Authority has temporarily banned Tamara company in the town of Abovyan from production of sour cream of the same name. According to the press service of ...
02/06/2023Armenian 12-month food prices up 12%
... and 46.3%, respectively. Meat price in April rose by 10.2% from 2021 April, while poultry, lamb and beef rose in price by 8.4%, 5.3%, and 10.6%, respectively. The 12-month prices for fish and seafood increased by 22.4%, prices for fresh milk, cheese, sour cream and matsoon (yogurt) rose by 12%, 21.2%, 14% and 23%, respectively, while pork price surged by 20.1%. Prices for cooking oils and fats rose by 6.1%. Fruit prices fell by 3.2% and vegetable prices soared by 48.8%. The prices of sugar, fruit ...
05/04/2022Regulator says cottage cheese and sour cream produced by Chanakh company are dangerous to health
... Armenia's Food Safety Inspectorate said today that after checking the quality of a string of dairy products produced by Chanakh LLC, it found that some posed danger to public health. More precisely, laboratory studies have shown that the cottage cheese and sour cream 'Chanakh" did not meet the requirements of the regulation of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU). The regulator ordered the company to suspend production of sour cream and cottage cheese giving it a time span for eliminating the identified ...
07/07/2020Yeremyan Projects unveils new brand of dairy products
... Yerevan residents in May under the brand name "Yeremyan Products". We offer a fairly rich and wide assortment of dairy products that are in no way inferior to European quality criteria: pure natural milk, matzoon (fermented milk), butter, sour cream, cottage cheese, rezhan and many types of cheese - Lori, Chanakh, Imeruli, Teli, Mozzarella, Suluguni, Cream Cheese and Edam. The European level quality of our products is primarily ensured by the application of identical approaches and technologies....
05/02/2020Examination reveals vegetable oil in five brands of sour cream
Acting on a string of mass media reports Armenia’s State Food Safety Service examined several brands of sour cream and revealed that some of them contained vegetable oil. YEREVAN, April 8. /ARKA/. Acting on a string of mass media reports Armenia’s State Food Safety Service examined several brands of sour cream and revealed that some of them contained ...
04/08/2019Several brands of dairy products in Armenia do not meet food safety standards
Several brands of dairy products, particularly, sour cream and so-called sour cream products, produced in Armenia, do not meet food safety standards, Ruben Haytyan from the National Consumer Association, told a news conference today. YEREVAN, February 13. /ARKA/. Several brands of dairy products,...
02/13/2019Expert reveals breaches in production of bakery and diary products
... about the producer, the quality and the type of flour used. He said also that bread and other bakery products are still transported by vehicles which are not fit for transportation of bread products. As for dairy products, Aytayan said some brands of sour cream even provide false information. He said these products have no information about the ingredients, the ratio of powder and natural milk, the additives. He said producers of butter use vegetable oils, cheapest and readily available coconut and ...
05/21/2018Armenia’s butter production down 38 percent in 10 months
... prices in October this year increased by 33.3% from the year before and by 12.3% from the previous month. Production of some other dairy products also declined in the first 10 months. For example, cheese production decreased by 16.9% to 16,500 tons, sour cream production slashed by 20.1% to 3,900 tons, cottage cheese output fell by 12% to 721.9 tons, production of matzoni (Armenian yogurt) dropped by 0.4% to 5,100 tons. At the same time milk production increased by 0.5% to 427.7 million liters, and ...
12/05/2017Armenia’s state food safety service orders Tamara Company to stop production of several types of foods
... Chief of Armenia’s State Food Safety Service has ordered Tamara company to stop production of several types of foods. A press release of the agency specified that the banned products are two kinds of ice cream – Ksan Kopek and Carmen and a sour cream. The ban comes after an inspection at the enterprise that revealed products dangerous to public health. ‘A laboratory examination conducted by the National Center of Veterinary, Sanitary and Phytosanitary Services has revealed that some ...
06/02/2014Winners of first-eve Armenian people’s choice food contest named
... words “People’s Number 1 Brand”, which the winners can use in advertising their produces or put on the packages for a period of 2 years. Vedi Alco wines were recognized as the best wines. The best cheese was Kalinino and the best sour cream was Ashtarak Kat. Bzhni was recognized as the best mineral water and Ararat as the best brandy. Artfood was recognized as the best canned food producing company. Bacon meat products were recognized the best as well as Noyan juices. -0-
11/20/2013Armenian consumer watchdog announces the results of first-ever ‘people's choice" contest of foods
... words “People’s Number 1 Brand", which manufacturers can use in advertising their produces or put on the packages for a period of 2 years. Vedi Alco wines were recognized as the best wines. The best cheese was Kalinino and the best sour cream was Ashtarak Kat. Bzhni was recognized as the best mineral water and Ararat as the best brandy. Artfood was recognized as the best canned food producing company. -0-
11/05/2013Armenia to hold first ever People’s Choice contest of foods
... will be decided by voting from October 10 to 31 at armproduct.am. website. He said consumers will themselves name the brands they think are the best ones in food market. The competition will take place in ten categories: juices, meat, wine, cheese, sour cream, mineral water, brandy, canned foods, soft drinks and dried fruit. A product that will receive the most votes in each category will be submitted anonymously for a lab examination by the State Food Safety Service and only if it complies with ...
10/09/2013Milk production in Armenia rose 2.6% to 315.2 mln liters in Jan-Nov
... At the same time, 16574,4 tons of cheese was produced over 11 months, no change year over year. The statistics shows 231 tons of kefir (9.4% down from Jan-Nov 2011), 778.4 tons of curd (11.9% down), 2894,7 tons of matsun (9.4% down), 3081,7 tons of sour cream (18.7% up), 348.3 tons of yogurt (32.5% down), 165.4 tons of mayonnaise (68.6% up) and 3628,6 thousand liters of ice cream (4.6% up). -0-
01/10/2013The company “Vitamax-E” plans to expand the production volumes due to the credits in 300 million drams
... industry. The company had also developed a program on the production of high quality baby food on the basis of ecologically pure local raw material. The company uses in the production of dairy products all necessary types of dry yeast for matsun, yogurt, sour cream and cottage cream fermentation. The volume of produced products by the company in 2011 was about $1 million, and about 50% of the products was exported. 75 employees work in the company, the average salary is about 110 thousand drams. -0-
03/14/2012Dairy companies required to indicate whether their products made of milk powder
... animal feed. According to the National Statistical Service, in January-August this year 277.9 million liters of milk were produced in Armenia, by 1% more from the same period of 2010, 2,244.8 tons of matsoon (an increase of 8.2%) , 1,869.5 tons of sour cream (an 8% decline) and 590.3 tons of cheese (a 21.5% rise). ($ 1 - 376.09 drams). -0-
10/13/2011Armenia’s Anti-Trust Agency confirms rise of dairy products
... finds breaches of the law the companies responsible for it will be punished. She said the dairy products market is under constant mentoring because several companies have dominance in it. Particularly, Ashtarak Kat, Dustr Mariana hold from 35 to 50% of sour cream, milk, curd and yogurt markets. M.M. -0-
02/24/2011Some 262 million liters of milk produced in Armenia in ten months
... Statistical Service said. According to its figures, production of cheese dropped by 3% year-on-year to 14,801 metric tons. Also production of kefir fell by 5.7% to 196.5 tons, production of curds (cottage cheese) dropped by 4.2% to 2,235 tons, production of sour cream grew by 3% to 2.480 tons, production of yogurt grew by 27.9% to 244 tons and production of mayonnaise fell by 4.3% to 64 tons. -0-
12/10/2010In January-September Armenia produced 245.6 million liters of milk
In January-September Armenia produced 245.6 million liters of milk versus 253.6 million in the same period of 2009 (decline of 3.2%), Armenian National Statistic Service informs. YEREVAN, November 1. /ARKA/. In January-September Armenia produced 245.6 million liters of milk versus 253.6 million in the same period of 2009 (decline of 3.2%), Armenian National Statistic Service informs. In January-September Armenia produced 13449.5 tons of cheese, 174.9 tons of kefir (decline of 7%), 548.4 tons of...
11/02/2010In January-August 2010 Armenia Produced 226.1 Million Liters of Milk
In January-August 2010 Armenia produced 226.1 million liters of milk versus 238.6 million liters (decline by 5.2%), cheese - 11787.2 tons which is by 2.5% less than the indicator in the same period of 2009. YEREVAN, October 1. /ARKA/. In January-August 2010 Armenia produced 226.1 million liters of milk versus 238.6 million liters (decline by 5.2%), cheese - 11787.2 tons which is by 2.5% less than the indicator in the same period of 2009, Armenian National Statistic Service informs. Kefir –...
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