Russia: Up to 80% of dairy products in St. Petersburg stores do not undergo quality control

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Published Mar 15, 2024

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The chairman of the city public consumer organization “Public Control” in St. Petersburg, Vsevolod Vishnevetsky, has noted a significant increase in low-quality products in the city's supermarkets over the past two years, with 70-80% of dairy products being rejected due to low fat and protein content. This issue is most prevalent in products under private labels of retail chains and those with very low prices. Despite this, Tatyana Poyarkova, head of the internal veterinary supervision department of the North-West Interregional Directorate of Rosselkhoznadzor, asserts that high-quality products are still available. Meanwhile, there has been a 42% decrease in the sale of expired products in Russia.

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The number of low-quality products has increased in St. Petersburg supermarkets over the past two years, said Vsevolod Vishnevetsky, chairman of the city public consumer organization “Public Control”. “If until 2022 the share of, for example, dairy products that did not meet mandatory requirements averaged 30%, then in the past and current years 70-80% of dairy products are rejected during laboratory tests,” Vishnevetsky said at a press conference. conference at Interfax on Thursday. He clarified that milk, butter, sour cream and cheese of some brands have extremely low fat and protein content. "In particular, this suggests that some manufacturers sell us diluted milk - apparently with ordinary water. The cow produces milk with at least 3% protein, (...) but based on the results of laboratory analysis we see that the protein is there (...) 1.8-1.9 and fat is not 3.2%, as stated on the packaging,” Vishnevetsky noted. According to him, most often products under private labels of ...

Source: Milknews