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LORI CHEESE: UNSAFE FOR UNITED STATES BUT SAFE IN ARMENIA?
Marine Madatyan
http://hetq.am/eng/news/29422/lori-cheese-unsafe-for-united-states-but-safe-in-armenia?.html
14:44, September 18, 2013
In August of this year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration blocked
the importation of a certain type of Lori Cheese from Armenia on
sanitary grounds.
The FDA website says the cheese in question, manufactured by the
Gyumri firm AMM LLC, is unsafe for consumption and appears to have
been contaminated.
On September 13, the FDA published alist of cheeses from imported from
various countries that based on FDA sampling and analyses appear to
contain microbiological contamination.
The list states that the Lori cheese in question appears to contain
Escherichia coli (Typical).
AMM LLC manager Astghik Hakobyan told Hetq that they started to export
the cheese to the U.S. this year.
"We know that the examination is ongoing and have received no final
results. But we have analysis results from Armenia and nothing was
found in the cheese," Hakobyan said.
Hakobyan couldn't say what laboratory in Armenia analyzed the cheese.
She added that the cheese had also been examined by the Ministry of
Health's Food Safety Inspectorate.
Armenia's Food Safety Inspectorate last published a report on AMM
LLC cheese in August, 2012.
That report found the cheese of 18 manufacturers out of the 59 sampled
as unsafe due to the presence of various bacteria including E. coli.
AMM LLC was one of the 18 manufacturers.
Marine Madatyan
http://hetq.am/eng/news/29422/lori-cheese-unsafe-for-united-states-but-safe-in-armenia?.html
14:44, September 18, 2013
In August of this year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration blocked
the importation of a certain type of Lori Cheese from Armenia on
sanitary grounds.
The FDA website says the cheese in question, manufactured by the
Gyumri firm AMM LLC, is unsafe for consumption and appears to have
been contaminated.
On September 13, the FDA published alist of cheeses from imported from
various countries that based on FDA sampling and analyses appear to
contain microbiological contamination.
The list states that the Lori cheese in question appears to contain
Escherichia coli (Typical).
AMM LLC manager Astghik Hakobyan told Hetq that they started to export
the cheese to the U.S. this year.
"We know that the examination is ongoing and have received no final
results. But we have analysis results from Armenia and nothing was
found in the cheese," Hakobyan said.
Hakobyan couldn't say what laboratory in Armenia analyzed the cheese.
She added that the cheese had also been examined by the Ministry of
Health's Food Safety Inspectorate.
Armenia's Food Safety Inspectorate last published a report on AMM
LLC cheese in August, 2012.
That report found the cheese of 18 manufacturers out of the 59 sampled
as unsafe due to the presence of various bacteria including E. coli.
AMM LLC was one of the 18 manufacturers.