| Popis: |
Monitoring studies of the quality of food products of plant and animal origin, including vegetable oils, some confectionery products and dietary supplements were carried out in the Murmansk region as a part of the implementing the federal project “Public Health Promotion” of the National Project “Demography”. Within the framework of monitoring studies, data allowing to evaluate the quality of food products in circulation on the territory of the Murmansk region were obtained, the share of products, up to 12% of the volume of the studied range not meeting the established requirements in safety quality indicators is revealed. The highest percentage of food products that do not conform to the technical regulation requirements is defined in the category of animal products and made up 7.8% of the total amount the of studied samples, the second place (2.5%) is given to the products of plant origin, other products – 1.8% complete the list. Toxic elements, pesticides, antibiotics, preservatives, mycotoxins, nitrates, dry low-fat milk residue, genetically modified enzymes (microbial transglutaminase) and sanitary-indicative microorganisms were determined among the safety indicators. Products of animal origin like eggs, milk, yogurt, kefir, sour cream, cake cheese, cheeses, condensed milk, butter, bockwurst sausages, sausages, were not safe for the consumer as a result of violating the production technology, including storage conditions failure, the use of low-quality raw material, or product falsification. The assessment of apples, cucumber, tomato, sunflower and olive oil, cookies and dietary supplements samples showed unsatisfactory results in the residual content of pesticides, nitrates, toxic elements, antibiotics and peroxide. |
