ARMENIA’S GOVERNMENT APPROVES TECHNICAL REGULATION OF DEMANDS TO JUICE AND PRESERVATIVES
ARKA News Agency , Armenia
Dec 13 2007
YEREVAN, December 13. /ARKA/. Armenia’s Government during its Thursday
session approved the technical regulation on juice and preservative
requirements.
During the governmental briefing, Deputy Minister of Trade and Economic
Development Garnik Badalyan said that the regulation is to intensify
food safety in the country.
"The regulation is elaborated and approved in accordance with the
norms of the Armenian legislation, taking into account the necessity
of providing safety of the population’s life and health," he said and
added that the regulation is elaborated on the basis of international
safety standards.
He informed that the regulation will come into force in eight months
after its official publication, besides the schedule of holding
analysis of critical risks will also be approved.
Badalyan pointed out that the regulation requirements will cover all
juices, including the imported ones, as well as food supplements.
Deputy Head of Standardization and Technical Safety Department
Lili Maksudyan said that the technical regulation clearly specifies
definitions of tomato paste, fruit and fruit-vegetable juices, fruit
drinks and nectars, requirements to their production, transportation,
realization and labeling.
According to Maksudyan, the regulation also sets clear requirements
to children’s juice and food, in particular, it bans usage of dietary
salt in their production, and defines the requirement of mentioned
children’s age group for who the food and juices are intended.
4,298.5ths liters of juice were produced in Armenia in January-October
2007, which exceeds the index of 2006 by 13.1% (3,799.2the liters of
juice).