The initiative of the Ministry of Finance on substitutes of dairy products will be discussed in the EEC on September 14
As stated in the letter signed by Anton Siluanov to the Chairman of the EEC Board Tigran Sarkisyan, the Ministry of Finance considers it necessary to introduce as soon as possible in the technical regulations "On the safety of food products" the definition of substitutes for dairy products for products with the replacement of milk fat with vegetable fat at 50% or more.
This, according to the authorities, will prevent the consumer from being misled when purchasing dairy products.
"In this regard, I believe it necessary to consider the development and adoption of these changes in the framework of the reduced procedure without public discussion, without the preparation of the conclusion on Regulatory impact assessment and outside the plan for the development of technical regulations of Eurasian economic community", says the letter signed by the Head of the Ministry of Finance.
It should be noted that currently the technical regulations of the CU "On the safety of milk and dairy products" and "On the safety of food products" do not set requirements for products containing more than 50% of milk fat substitutes in the fat proportion in the composition. All these circumstances, according to the Ministry of Finance require a soon rapid response. As the Director of the Russian Dairy Research Center Mikhail Mishchenko emphasized in his comment to The DairyNews, the initiative of the Ministry of Finance is correct, but does not solve the basic problem.
"I would not like to assess the procedural aspects in making this decision: the format of the adoption of these changes without public hearings. In fact, I can say the following: the desire of the government to clarify the definition of dairy products and what is called a dairy product, but it is not - it is commendable. And the fact that products containing more than 50% of vegetable fat will be called substitutes is correct", stressed the expert.
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