A proposal to the Rosselkhoznadzor is now being discussed by the working group on combating illegal turnover of products of the food industry in the relevant state Commission. If the idea is accepted, the Supervisory authorities can monitor information in the system as, for example, meat and soybeans delivered to the plant, and what quantity of sausage of them eventually happened.

The proposal to track the movement of soybean, palm oil and other components of the food product contained in documents of the Rosselkhoznadzor. A letter of service was sent to the Ministry of agriculture, which referred it to the consideration of the members of the working group on combating illegal turnover of products of the food industry.

"To implement Strategies to counter illegal turnover of industrial products... it is appropriate to expand the requirement to ensure traceability for other types of food products, which produces a substitution of one ingredient by another (soy protein, palm oil), and on substances used in food production for the purpose of modifying the physico-chemical properties of the final product to consumer fraud (moisture-retaining additive, technical gelatin etc.)," – said in a letter to the Rosselkhoznadzor.

Service said that to implement the idea need to complement the single list of goods subject to veterinary control, approved by decision of Customs Union Commission of 18 June 2010 №317. A complete list of substances that move which you should monitor are listed in the letter.

In Rosselkhoznadzor "news" have explained that now GIS "Vetis", which is operated by a service that captures the movement of meat, milk and their products into warehouses, factories or across the border. If the system is visible, for example, displacement of soybeans or palm oil, this will allow to identify producers of counterfeits.

"If the plant, for example, bought meat and soy protein, and then released too many sausages — we will see. Or if the plant has purchased a small amount of milk, some quantity of palm oil and produces a disproportionate amount of butter" — gave examples of the official representative of the Rosselkhoznadzor Julia in a few words, noting that the proposed scheme will do the job processors transparent.

She added that thanks to the traceability system for exports of Russian products can be opened into new areas: foreign partners can be assured of safety.

In the Ministry of industry, the newspaper reported that he had received the letter, however, the position of the Ministry are still evolving. The CPS and Ministry of economic development proposals have not yet been reported, said the authorities. The Ministry of agriculture on the request is not answered.

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