Armenian government seriously approach sausage matter
RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan held a meeting to summarize the outcomes of the recent visit of Armenian delegation to Indian meat processing plants.
Head of the State and Legal Department of the RA Government's Ashot Vahanyan informed, that the Armenian delegation visited India between August 2 and 9, and particularly familiarized with the work of local enterprises processing meat products. The delegation observed, that most of the visited enterprises lack basic hygienic conditions, meat is usually purchased from the uncontrolled territories, meat products are transported in vehicles do not corresponding to sanitary-hygienic norms.
Mainly buffalo meat is imported from India which is used in production of sausages. He said, that there are a number of enterprises which have all necessary conditions.
According to Tigran Sargsyan, these enterprises should have at least 5-year-experience and work in line with international standards, have own slaughterhouses, as well as quality certificates. 17 companies, covering 85 per cent of India's meat market correspond to these criteria. Meanwhile, only 21 per cent of meat delivered from India to Armenia meet the above-mentioned criteria.
RA Ministry of agriculture is mandated to strengthen the control over the imported meat products and jointly with the Revenue committee to carry out work to identify and reveal violations by the importer-companies, press service of the RA Government reports.
Head of the State and Legal Department of the RA Government's Ashot Vahanyan informed, that the Armenian delegation visited India between August 2 and 9, and particularly familiarized with the work of local enterprises processing meat products. The delegation observed, that most of the visited enterprises lack basic hygienic conditions, meat is usually purchased from the uncontrolled territories, meat products are transported in vehicles do not corresponding to sanitary-hygienic norms.
Mainly buffalo meat is imported from India which is used in production of sausages. He said, that there are a number of enterprises which have all necessary conditions.
According to Tigran Sargsyan, these enterprises should have at least 5-year-experience and work in line with international standards, have own slaughterhouses, as well as quality certificates. 17 companies, covering 85 per cent of India's meat market correspond to these criteria. Meanwhile, only 21 per cent of meat delivered from India to Armenia meet the above-mentioned criteria.
RA Ministry of agriculture is mandated to strengthen the control over the imported meat products and jointly with the Revenue committee to carry out work to identify and reveal violations by the importer-companies, press service of the RA Government reports.
