Russia: Black caviar is rare, expensive but fake

Izvestia newspaper writes that 40 percent of the products in the black caviar market are fake products of Chinese origin. The newspaper pointed out that some companies in Astrakhan import these products and sell them with the phrase "Made in Russia". Speaking to the newspaper, the Sturgeon Producers Association complained that Chinese caviar has become a serious problem in the market in the last 6 years. The fakeness of Chinese caviar is due to the use of hormones. Russian producers said that the Chinese grew the fish in a short time with the help of growth hormone, so the caviar had no nutritional value. In Russia, the price per kilogram of caviar obtained from sturgeon cod reaches 150 ...