Tbilisi: The National Food Agency of Georgia while spearheading its fight against food adulteration has detected large-scale violations. Between April and June  the agency took samples of 1600 food items to detect food adulteration.
The National Food Agency issued a statement on Thursday  revealing that out of the 1600 samples collected 168 showed violations. This through investigation instills confidence in the agency’s commitment to upholding food safety standards. After detecting the large-scale violation of food regulation standards  food vendors and business operators were fined and prevented from selling food-related products.
Another shocking development was that the agency found a mixing of brucellosis and bacterial infection in three cases. These cases were identified out of 63 samples of raw milk. At the same time a significant amount of vegetable fat content was found in three cheese samples. The agency has taken samples of more than  90   milk and dairy products.
Another food regulation violation that the agency reported is incomplete information on food products. These products also include alcoholic beverages with labels indicating allergens. In this category the agency fined the two producers.
However the agency also clarified that lead, genetically modified organisms, calcium content, histamine, listeria, pesticide residue, etc were not  mixed during the laboratory examination of these items. Simultaneously  during the lab testing of food, no donkey or horse meat was discovered.
It is worth noting that the agency has taken a total of 3,000 samples of food and drinking water in the current year and plans to collect another 6000 samples by the end of the year. The agency representative has strongly warned all food producers and vendors to fulfill all the regulations to avoid any punishment from the agency.
The agency has also warned that if any producers or sellers are found to violate these provisions, a heavy penalty, along with punishment  can be imposed on them. Furthermore  there could be a permanent ban on their future trade practices as well.
