Nitrate levels exceed norm in 16 of 100 samples of vegetables, fruits
The National Food Agency says that the nitrates were found mainly in beet samples, the sale of which was banned in the country. Photo: Food Agency.
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Higher nitrate content was observed in 16 of 100 vegetable and fruit samples imported or produced in Georgia, announces the National Food Agency of Georgia.
The National Food Agency says that the nitrates were found mainly in beet samples, the sale of which was banned in the country.
No nitrates were found in watermelon and melon.
The National Food Agency monitors the nitrate levels in different kinds of vegetable and fruits following the increased demand on these products during the summer.
The examination will continue throughout the summer and the final results will be published later in autumn.
The National Food Agency of Georgia has found more than 500 kg of horse and cattle meat of unknown origin near the Batumi produce market in the Georgian Black Sea region of Adjara. The agency says that following the law, cattle must be slaughtered at a slaughterhouse and the meat must have certain documents of approval before sale.
Employees of the Sanitary, Phytosanitary and Veterinary Control Division of the Customs Department have found 1,952 kilograms of tomatoes and 82,500 kilograms of frozen chicken meat 'non-compliant with import requirements at Sarpi and Poti Port customs checkpoint of Georgia.
US ship Ocean Grand has entered Black Sea Poti Port, bringing in 14,000 tonne of high-quality US wheat, says the United States Embassy in Georgia.
A new, improved system of animal identification and registration which contains information about cattle in Georgia and their owners is now fully functional, announces the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).
The Georgian National Food Agency has fined 12 veterinary facilities in the western Georgian regions of Guria and Adjara for violations in the rules of labelling, storage and sale of expired drugs and for the absence of registration documents for economic activities.
The Georgian National Food Agency has begun identifying and removing “suspicious” batches of chocolate from the country’s market due to the hundreds of reported cases of the Salmonella bacterial infection across the world.
The National Food Agency has sealed 472 kilograms of the Kinder chocolate product on the Georgian market after it was notified of a threat of Salmonella bacterial infection in the batches by a European Commission body last week, the agency announced on Friday.
The importance of prevention and management of food safety risks and intensification of state control over the matter were emphasised by Zurab Chekurashvili, the Head of the National Food Agency, in comments on World Food Safety Day on Tuesday.
Georgian authorities have detected a higher than permitted concentration of nitrates in imported watermelons across the country, the National Food Agency announced on Tuesday.