ArmInfo. Few people in Armenia are interested in the fact that the Armenian consumer also consumes vegetables and fruits with a high content of pesticides. Thus, the president of the public organization "Informed and Protected Consumer" Babken Pipoyan commented on the information that Rosselkhoznadzor is temporarily stopping the acceptance of vegetables and fruits from a number of Armenian companies due to the content of a large amount of pesticides in them.
He noted that the Russian side sent a notice to the Armenian side, in which it notified that the export of agricultural products to a number of companies had ceased.
"Along with the headlines "Russia stops imports from Armenia," the "opinions" of know-it-alls begin to be replicated. Pro-Russians express enthusiasm, confident that this is their response to the anti-Russian policy of the Armenian side, Russophobes are trying to justify their anti- Russian policy in the same way.
Meanwhile, few people are interested in the fact that the export capabilities of only a few companies were limited on the grounds that back in May the Russian side notified them that the permissible amount of pesticides was exceeded and that measures were needed, but has still not received a response on the results of the work on their elimination. The letter also calls for conducting a study and reporting the results to the Russian side," Pipoyan stated.
According to him, sad as it may be, de facto Armenian so-called "radical patriots" are absolutely not interested in the fact that the Armenian consumer also consumed products in which the content of pesticides exceeded residual quantities.
"In fact, human life and health are subject to political overtones. Meanwhile, the government agency responsible for this area is obliged to respond to the situation and answer at least 4 questions.
Did the Russian side receive a notification in May of this year that the residual amount of pesticides exceeded the norm? If the body in charge of the area received it, what actions did it take? Why didn't he inform the Russian side about the results, and if he discovered dangers that threaten us, then why didn't he inform Armenian consumers as well? If he did not take any action after receiving the letter, then why did he show criminal inaction, putting both consumers and businessmen at risk," asked Pipoyan.
According to the head of the Public Organization, the very fact that the activities of not all economic entities are limited should at least suggest that the problem should be looked for elsewhere.
In connection with the current situation, ArmInfo contacted the Food Safety Inspection Authority of the Republic of Armenia to clarify the situation, but they did not comment on the photo of the official notice that appeared on social networks. The Authority promised that as soon as they have information on what happened, they will issue a statement to the press.
