Post on 17-Dec-2015
Analysis of Results: Independent
food testing and Monitoring realized by Consumer NGOs of
South Caucasus
UPCR – Armenia (leader NGO)
21 Centaury – Georgia (partner NGO)
ICU- Azerbaijan (partner NGO)
Food Items Tasted in ArmeniaN Food Type Food Name Country of
Production
1 Margarine “Vitam” Turkey
2 Margarine “SONA” Turkey
3 Margarine “NEBA” Turkey
4 Margarine Rassian Russia
5 Margarine “RAMA” Russia
6 Butter “ANCORH” New Zealand
7 Butter “Doyarushka” Russia
8 Butter “Smolenskoy” Russia
9 Butter “Midnight Sun” Finland
10 Butter “Corovka” Russia
11 Chocolate bar “MAC” Turkey
12 Chocolate candy ‘Shahad” Iran
13 Chocolate bar “Aero Shock” Turkey
14 Chocolate candy “Kit Kat” Germany
15 Chocolate bar “Allen Gold” Russia
Food Items Tasted in AzerbaijanN Food Type Food Name Country of
Production
1 Melted Butter “Norvejskoye” Norwey
2 Melted Butter “Reddy” Australia
3 Melted Butter “Aftab” Iran
4 Melted Butter “EVET” Turkey
5 Melted Butter “Derevenskoye” Australia
6 Cookie “Anata Beleshty” Iran
7 Cookie “Petit Beure” Turkey
8 Biscuit “Chamak” Iran
9 Cookie “Between Meals” Iran
10 Cracker “Ribki” Russia
11 Can fish “Sprat in oil” Latvia
12 Can fish “Sprat in Tomato” Russia
13 Can fish “Sardine in oil” Turkey
14 Can fish “Baltic Sardines” Latvia
15 Can fish “Herring” Russia
Food Items Tasted in GeorgiaN Food Type Food Name Country of
Production
1 Vegetable Oil “Naz” Iran
2 Vegetable Oil “Dorina” Cyprus
3 Vegetable Oil Gonche Iran
4 Vegetable Oil “Orkide” Turkey
5 Vegetable Oil “Aftab” Iran
6 Coffee “NESKAFE” Switzerland
7 Instant Coffee “Gold Neskafe” Switzerland
8 Instant Coffee “PELE” Brazil
9 Instant Coffee “Elite Classic” Israel
10 Instant Coffee “Jacobs” Germany
11 Evaporated Milk “Belinsky” Ukraine
12 Evaporated Milk “Alekseyevsky” Russia
13 Evaporated Milk “Korenevsky” Russia
14 Evaporated Milk “Krasnodarsky” Russia
15 Evaporated Milk “Latvia” Latvia
Analysis of Results: Independent Food Testing in
Armenia
Country of production
Food testing
Dangerous Food
Percent in all
Comments
1 Turkey 20 12 60 Colon bacillus, strange secondary taste and smell, MAFA Microbes
2 Iran 6 5 83,3 ---//--
3 Russia 2 1 50 Strange taste, smell and mixture
4 Finland 2 0 0
5 French 1 0 0
6 Latvia 1 1 100 Strange taste, smell and mixture
7 Holland 1 0 0
8 Azerbaijan 1 1 100 Strange taste, smell and mixture
TOTAL 34 19 55,9
Analysis of Results: Independent Food Testing in Azerbaijan
Country Food testing
Dangerous Food
Percent in all
Comments
1 Russia 6 5 83,3 Lack of correspondence with standards, strange secondary taste and smell
2 Iran 8 8 100 ---//--
3 Turkey 3 2 66 Strange taste, smell and mixture
4 Italy 3 2 66 ---//--
5 Greece 3 3 66 ---//--
6 Denmark 1 1 100 ---//--
7 Poland 2 2 100 ---//--
8 Brazil 2 2 100 ---//--
9 Australia 2 2 100 ---//--
TOTAL 30 19 90,0
Country Food testing
Dangerous Food
Percent in all
Comments
1 Russia 10 6 60 Lack of correspondence with standards, strange secondary taste and smell
2 Turkey 5 2 40 ---//--
3 Brazil 4 2 50 Strange taste, smell and mixture
4 Iran 1 1 100 ---//--
5 Italy 1 0 0
6 Greece 1 1 100 Strange taste, smell
7 Ukraine 1 0 0
8 Argentina 2 1 50 Strange taste, smell
9 Bulgaria 1 1 100 ---//--
10 Switzerland 2 0 0
TOTAL 30 14 46,7
Analysis of Results: Independent Food Testing in Georgia
Food Safety Monitoring Results • Expired Food Items - 210
• Infringed terms of storage – 300
• Wrong Labeled Food Items – 150
• Falsified Food – 35
• Food without origin confirmation certificate – 180
• Food Having Dangerous Ingredients -42
Food Safety Situation in Armenia
Lack of Efficient State Regulation
Lack of Efficient State Administration
Corruption
Business Monopolization and Lobbing
Food Safety Situation in Armenia
Lack of Sources for NGO Monitoring
Lack of knowledge and Information for NGOs and Mass Media
Lock of NGO Independent Laboratory