Rospotrebnadzor revealed more than 43 tons of low-quality meat since the beginning of the year

During the nine months of 2017, Rospotrebnadzor specialists rejected 7.5 thousand batches of MEAT products weighing 43.5 tons due to non-compliance with quality and safety requirements. This is stated in the message on the website of the department.

According to Rospotrebnadzor, in the first nine months of 2017, 2.3% of samples of meat products did not meet the standards in terms of physical and chemical parameters. The department noted a decrease in the amount of meat that does not meet the standards for the content of chemical pollutants. “In recent years, [the indicator] is less than 1%, for the nine months of 2017 - 0.06%,” the report says.

The share of meat products that do not meet the standards for the content of E. coli and pathogenic microorganisms was 4%. In addition, 0.2% of samples of meat products did not meet the requirements for the content of antibiotics. In total, more than 127 thousand samples of meat products were examined this year.

On October 14, ROSSELKHOZNADZOR reported on "cheese-like" products supplied to RUSSIA from enterprises in Macedonia and CHINA . A large number of preservatives have been found in these products, including natamycin and sodium nitrate.