Moldova's Agriculture and Food Industry Minister Vasile Bumacov said Roshen confectionary products are not a health hazard, according to the Publika.md Web site.
“These confectionary products have been tested, although there was no
particular need for such tests. Consumers can relax. The sweets
delivered to Moldova do not contain anything hazardous to health and
they comply with the necessary standards,” Bumacov was quoted as saying.
The Kazakh Health Ministry’s state sanitary and epidemiological
oversight committee earlier tested seven products of the Ukrainian
confectionary company Roshen and found no benzopyrene in them.
The Russian consumer protection watchdog Rospotrebnadzor on July 29
imposed a ban on imports of confectionery products from the Ukrainian
factories of Roshen due to quality concerns. The corporation has
dismissed the accusations, earlier reports said.
Roshen operates confectionery factories in Kyiv, Vinnytsia, Mariupol
and Kremenchuk, Bershadmoloko dairy producer, a stud farm in Ukraine and
also confectionary facilities in Klaipeda (Lithuania) and Lipetsk
(Russia).
The company produces up to 200 types of confectionaries. Its total annual production volume is up to 410,000 tonnes.
Roshen exports its products to Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan,
Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Moldova, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania,
the United States, Canada, Germany and Israel.
