2024-02-22 02:30:58
A video about the oil was distributed on the Internet, according to which the word “refined, deodorized” is present on the oil. This indicates that the product is artificial, there is no useful substance in it, which is obtained from sunflower seeds. Moreover, if it says “deodorized” on the bottle, it is a petroleum product.
This caused a commotion among the people. They are worried whether the olive oil they use is low quality and artificial.
In a conversation with Aysor.am, EATM press spokesperson Anush Harutyunyan said that if the oil is imported from EATM territory, it has documents certifying its quality. “It has a certificate corresponding to quality. In that case, it can only be used when the marking and the certificate of conformity have been issued. And if it comes from a third country, then here they apply to the relevant authorities, get a certificate of conformity, during which the marking is checked, it undergoes laboratory examination, it enters a new market. If the certificate of conformity is issued, it means that it can be sold and used. If you see the ЕАС (ЭАТМ) mark on the oils, then it corresponds to the quality.”
Babken Pipoyan, head of the “Aware and Protected Consumer” NGO, also noted that the producer, the seller, the state controller must take full responsibility for the situation with public control, so that we can talk about consumer protection. automatically the protection is incomplete. Only the comment given to you by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is enough to understand that the state wants to wash its hands. Because, so to speak, for many products with the EATM mark, the state control body must carry out a sampling and understand whether that EATM mark is really affixed correctly or simply.
In other words, the EAEU is still not a security guarantee. Moreover, we have seen many times, and it is relevant in our reality, when 5 different laboratories give 7 different answers, even in the National Assembly they discussed this question, how is it possible. In other words, what the state supervisor says is not a basis at this time. The state supervisor should not have expressed theoretical thoughts, but should have taken clear steps to find out the truth.”
As for the quality of the oil and the discussions related to it, Pipoyan noted that he cannot give an assessment in that regard, because we are dealing with such a material (we are talking about the news circulating in the press) in which the actual assessments are at least not laboratory-based. , so that, for example, it is a dark business of the competitor. I know that the state maintains a state authorized body at the expense of the taxpayers, which is obliged to respond in similar cases, to give a professional assessment, and it should not be the pile of nonsense words that you were told: if there is a EATM sign, then it is normal. I assure you that the EATM mark is still not a guarantee of safety and normality, and I also guarantee that the authorized body knows this.
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