Over 15 years, the area under camelina has increased tenfold in Russia

The presence of lands in the northern Sivash region in Crimea, where the soil tends to undergo secondary salinization, creates favorable conditions for growing this crop. The new harvest of Crimean camelina was checked for quality by specialists from the testing laboratory of the Novorossiysk branch of the Federal State Budgetary Institution “Grain Quality Assessment Center”. Specialists from the testing laboratory of the Novorossiysk branch of the Federal State Budgetary Institution “Grain Quality Assessment Center” examined a batch of camelina seeds with a total weight of 22 tons. The crop was grown in Crimea and is intended for food purposes. The studies were carried out to determine compliance with the requirements of the technical regulations of the Customs Union 021/2011 “On the safety of food products”. Camelina seeds were tested for trace amounts of toxic elements - mercury, arsenic, lead, as well as for the content of aflatoxin and genetically modified organisms. ...