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  • Local Foodstuffs More Useful And Safer Than The Imported - Armenian

    LOCAL FOODSTUFFS MORE USEFUL AND SAFER THAN THE IMPORTED - ARMENIAN EXPERT

    YEREVAN, July 8. / ARKA /. Local made foodstuffs are safer and more
    useful than the imported goods, head of Armenia's National Association
    of Consumers Melita Hakobyan said.

    Local food has minimum shelf life, low concentration of preservatives
    and supplements, she said. Apart from this, stricter control can
    be implemented over domestic produce, she told a press conference
    on Monday.

    Imported goods often have a triple-extension of shelf life, and local
    marking on them misleads consumers, she said.

    The problem is that consumers do not demand observation of their
    rights, but the situation is improving, she said.

    The Association is getting 20 complaints every day on average, not
    all of them on foodstuffs.

    Often food intoxication is caused through shops' and supermarkets',
    not the producers' fault, as storage requirements are not kept,
    Hakobyan said.

    The head of the NGO recommended consumers not to buy melons and
    water-melons before mid July as they do not ripen in a natural way
    in Armenia before or to take them back to the shop if strange color
    or white strips are found inside.

    Almost no agricultural producer can provide a certificate as getting
    it requires additional expenditures, Hakobyan said.

    Deputy head of the association Mileta Aristakesyan said the new bill
    about product marking and description is under development and will
    give consumers an opportunity of getting more detailed information
    about products they buy. -0--

    - See more at:
    http://arka.am/en/news/society/local_foodstuffs_more_useful_and_safer_than_the_im ported_armenian_expert/#sthash.QMnxSPop.dpuf



    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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