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"SODA FRAUD"?: SAFETY SERVICE CHARGES THAT PRODUCERS USE ADDITIVE TO EXTEND LIFE
By Gohar Abrahamyan
ArmeniaNow
News | 07.09.12 | 14:33
Several milk and diary producing companies in Armenia are accused
by the State Food Safety Service (SFSS) of adding soda to their milk
products, but insist that the claim is not grounded.
During the Thursday government session SFSS chief Abraham Bakhchagulyan
reported the recent monitoring results of milk and diary product
procuring companies in Armenia, saying that the Service had discovered
soda components in the milk products of many of them.
Among the claimed violators are leading Armenian producers such as
Ashtarak Kat, Biokat, Dustr Marianna, Ani Tamara, Arzni, Multi Agro
and Tamara.
"We are now in the process of investigation to identify in which stage
the soda fraud occurred, since the producers claim that it's not them
adding soda, but their raw milk providers," Bakhchagulyan said.
According to him, soda is forbidden in pasteurized milk by the milk
and diary technical charter. As an additive; soda reduces the acidity
of milk and keeps it from going bad before its expiration date.
"So they are trying to prevent milk from going bad in the hot season,"
the chief says.
Tamara company's chief Khachatur Poghosyan, however, denies the
validity of these accusations.
"I consider these allegations of 'soda fraud' as nonsense and am
denying those claims. No diary producer has reasons to mix soda in
their products," he told ArmeniaNow. Khachatryan, who has 43 years
of professional experience in this field, added that there is a
possibility that raw milk providers mix soda to sell their high-acidity
milk as sweet milk.
ArmeniaNow has contacted some of the other producers, who also deny
the allegations of soda fraud.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
By Gohar Abrahamyan
ArmeniaNow
News | 07.09.12 | 14:33
Several milk and diary producing companies in Armenia are accused
by the State Food Safety Service (SFSS) of adding soda to their milk
products, but insist that the claim is not grounded.
During the Thursday government session SFSS chief Abraham Bakhchagulyan
reported the recent monitoring results of milk and diary product
procuring companies in Armenia, saying that the Service had discovered
soda components in the milk products of many of them.
Among the claimed violators are leading Armenian producers such as
Ashtarak Kat, Biokat, Dustr Marianna, Ani Tamara, Arzni, Multi Agro
and Tamara.
"We are now in the process of investigation to identify in which stage
the soda fraud occurred, since the producers claim that it's not them
adding soda, but their raw milk providers," Bakhchagulyan said.
According to him, soda is forbidden in pasteurized milk by the milk
and diary technical charter. As an additive; soda reduces the acidity
of milk and keeps it from going bad before its expiration date.
"So they are trying to prevent milk from going bad in the hot season,"
the chief says.
Tamara company's chief Khachatur Poghosyan, however, denies the
validity of these accusations.
"I consider these allegations of 'soda fraud' as nonsense and am
denying those claims. No diary producer has reasons to mix soda in
their products," he told ArmeniaNow. Khachatryan, who has 43 years
of professional experience in this field, added that there is a
possibility that raw milk providers mix soda to sell their high-acidity
milk as sweet milk.
ArmeniaNow has contacted some of the other producers, who also deny
the allegations of soda fraud.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress