Lemonades and soy sauces with excessive preservative content were found on sale in the Gomel region

Photo by Pixabay February 2, Gomel. Specialists from the Gomel Regional State Standards Inspectorate have identified products in the retail trade network that do not meet the safety requirements of the technical regulations of the Customs Union, the regional inspection told BELTA.

Thus, in the production of non-alcoholic Ilyinsky lemonades, a food additive - the preservative benzoic acid (E210) - was used in excess of the maximum permissible level. For the same reason, soy sauces labeled “classic” “Midori” and ToDoFood did not pass the test.

And the composition of sun-dried tomatoes in Organic vyalka oil exceeded the maximum permissible level of a preservative such as sulfurous acid (sulfur dioxide E220). By the way, the manufacturer “forgot” to mention its presence, as well as the fact that the use of a preservative can cause allergic reactions or may be contraindicated for certain types of diseases.

Gosstandart took measures to stop sales, withdraw from circulation, and ban the import of these products into Belarus. The validity of the declarations of conformity accompanying the products on the territory of the republic has also been terminated.