World meat industry news

One of the systemic violations of Russian manufacturers of controlled products, wishing to enter foreign markets, is not the exclusion of the risks of veterinary drug residues in the raw materials. Oksana Knyazeva, Deputy Head of the Rosselkhoznadzor Office for Moscow, Moscow and Tula Regions, spoke about this.

Since the beginning of the year, the department has examined 270 enterprises interested in expanding the supply of their products to foreign markets. Of these, 192 enterprises were certified. Another 78 enterprises (almost 30%) did not meet certain veterinary and sanitary requirements of the declared countries.

“One of the systemic violations is the fact that the company does not conduct a risk analysis to exclude drugs from raw materials, that is, it does not request information from suppliers about which drugs are used on farms and the timing of their withdrawal from products. The self-control program includes two or three of the most common antibiotics: levomycetin, tetracycline, and does not take into account other drugs, ”said Oksana Knyazeva.

Over 500 product samples were taken during the monitoring. In relation to 40 enterprises, enhanced laboratory control was introduced after the discovery of drug residues in products.

In total, according to the results of eight months, the department's specialists controlled over 86 thousand tons of animal products exported. Compared to the same period last year, deliveries increased by 28%. More than half of the exported products went to China.