Union for the Protection of Consumers’ Rights

SDC, REC Caucasus

Presented by Abgar

Yeghoyan

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