Consumers need only minimal knowledge of food quality – Armenian NGO chief

14:30 – 09.11.13

Consumers’ awareness of food products should be limited only to
minimal knowledge of quality, according to Armen Poghosyan, the
president of the Armenian Consumers’ Association, NGO.

At a news conference devoted to the World Food Quality Day, Poghosyan
said that though consumers in Armenia are better aware today, their
excess knowledge often leads to problems.

`It is impossible not to notice the progress,’ he said. `There is a
progress in both the quality of food and everything else.’

As for the shortcomings, Poghosyan pointed out to the improper
labeling and hygiene maintenance by several food manufacturers.

`It is necessary to introduce manufacturing methods powerful enough to
rule out the risks,’ he noted.

Poghosyan further said that reports about the genetically modified
products often influence the population in a bad way.

`The broadcasts we watch about genetically modified food represent
almost monsters – double-headed men – jumping out of food. I have, of
course, seen people without heads many times in the street, but never
double-headed creatures,’ he added.

Armenian News – Tert.am

From: A. Papazian