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Monitoring beer and soft drinks uncovered poor-quality goods

07 August 2006 [13:55] - TODAY.AZ
Azerbaijani Economic Development Ministry Antimonopoly Department has monitored beer and soft drinks market.

Monitoring grocery stores and facilities uncovered many kinds of beer and soft drinks with no info proving where, when and who was the product made by.

It was also found out that drinks were not kept in normal temperature.

As APA reports, recycling of plastic bottles is one kind of irregularities was exposed.

These plastic containers were collected in streets, cafes, and dumps and re-bottling drinks in these plastic containers in primitive conditions is harmful to human organisms.

The department took samples from 41 kinds of drinking products of 26 enterprises in 20 grocery shops in Baku and laboratory analysis proved that 13 kinds of beer and soft drinks made by 10 enterprises don't meet sanitary standards.

Besides, laboratory analysis of samples taken from 29 kinds of drinks made by 18 enterprises in Baku, Yevlakh, Goychay, Aghdash, Khanlar, Aghstafa, Salyan, Masalli, Lenkeran, Khudat and Khachmaz showed that 21 kinds of theses drinks don't meet required standards.

Due to these facts binding instructions were given to shops for removal of these irregularities.

The Department said that some of these facilities have already removed irregularities and their products will be analyzed again.

Similar irregularities were also found out while monitoring shops and markets in Ganja.

Analysis of these products in lab found harmful intestinal bacteria in Uch Bulag made by R.Gadimova-owned workshop, Gulzar made by Musatafayev-owned enterprise, Portagal and Terkhun made by Gozalaova-owned workshop.

These soft drinks don't meet standards either because of ingredients.

Binding instructions and warnings were given to these enterprises to suspend the production and solve the irregularities.

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