There has been a lot of noise in the media about the import of Azerbaijani baby food. Particularly, this referred to milk powder for children up to 6 months from Nutrilon brand. It is imported to Armenia by “Slav Group”, which belongs to MP and businessman Arkadi Hambardzumyan. The latter, speaking to reporters, refuted that the baby food was of Azerbaijani origin.
Speaking to reporters in the National Assembly Vardan Harutyunyan, the Chairman of the SRC, seems “rolled the barrel” towards SSFS, asking to address the questions to them.
Aravot.am asked Vahe Danielyan, head of the SFS Food Safety and Quality Control Department, whether how the Azerbaijani baby food had been imported. He answered, “There is no Azerbaijani milk powder baby food”. In response to the question, what the reason for such noise was, and why photos had been published, he said, “The problem was journalists’ wrong interpretations. If a European company produces products and labels it in 5 languages, because 5 different countries order, it sells the same product in the same container to those 5 countries, including Armenia and Azerbaijan as customers, so it labels in both languages on the product, does this mean that the product is of Azerbaijani origin? It is only a matter of labeling. Just there is mentioned a Facebook link, a club of Azerbaijani moms, which is connected with that company. It is not of Azerbaijani origin, there are all relevant documents for that. In the same way, if there is any order for a product to be exported to Russia from Armenia, or to be imported to Armenia from Russia, and if Azerbaijani market sees there is an Armenian labeling, they may say this is of Armenian origin”.
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