The employees of the State Food Safety Service of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Armenia, within the framework of state control, conduct regular visits to the meat market.

The State Food and Drug Administration informs that 880 kg of meat of unknown origin without veterinary accompanying documents was found today at the sales point of Mekhak Grigoryan, an individual entrepreneur operating at 16 Zavaryan Street, of which, according to external inspection, about 200 kg is horse meat.

According to the order of the inspector of the service, the sale of the specified batch of meat was suspended. sampling was done and sent for laboratory testing.