Russia's Rosselkhoznadzor discovered beef fat in cheeses from Belarus

Published 2023년 4월 11일

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The Russian agricultural watchdog, Rosselkhoznadzor, has requested Belarus to suspend the certification of several Belarusian dairy enterprises, including OJSC "Turov Dairy Plant" and JSC "Babushkina Krynka," due to their fraudulent practice of replacing milk fat in cheese with beef fat. Despite these companies providing declarations of conformity and veterinary documents, the discovery of beef fat in their cheeses during Russian laboratory tests has led to the initiation of a suspension on these products from April 12, 2023, until a thorough investigation is conducted to address the source of the fraud.
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Rosselkhoznadzor asked the Belarusian veterinary service to suspend supplies to Russia of products from several enterprises that falsify cheeses with beef fat. This is stated in the message of the Russian department. "Due to the fact that the use of animal fats in the production of cheese is unacceptable, the Rosselkhoznadzor appealed to the Department of Veterinary and Food Supervision of Belarus with a request to suspend the certification of products of these enterprises to Russian recipients from April 12, 2023 and conduct an exhaustive investigation to establish the causes of the incident," — noted in the message. As explained in the department, the Rosselkhoznadzor, during laboratory monitoring of products entering Russia, revealed beef fats in Belarusian-made cheeses. So, in the semi-hard smoked cheese of OJSC "Turov Dairy Plant" 26.3% of milk fat was replaced by beef fat, in soft cream cheese 29.1% of milk fat ...
Source: Kvedomosti

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