Eleonora Dupouy,
food safety officer, UN Food and Agriculture Organization
“I am confident the state should regulate and protect consumers… The market can decide on quality but not on safety. Safety should be under supervision and monitoring of government.”
Oleh Nivievsky,
expert at Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting
“The state’s presence in this sector is too big. Our standards are outdated. The state should delegate the control over food safety to producers and then just verify if they are executing it.”
Serhiy Osavolyuk,
head of IFC Investment Climate for Agribusiness Advisory Project
“The state has to control the safety, including the consumer’s awareness about the ingredients a product is made of. But it shouldn’t end up checking every step. Businesses should be responsible for safety maintenance and the state has to check from time to time.”
Fredrick Aherne,
non-executive director at Milkiland
“Market forces are key. Ukraine is already overregulated… The issue is the policing. If the state goes to the shelf, takes the products and tests them, and publishes the results, then consumers can get some confidence.”
Valentyn Bezrukyi,
president at independent research center Test
“It shouldn’t be done by state or businesses alone… According to (EU legislation), the state determines the rules, producers are responsible for quality and safety, which are controlled by non-governmental organizations.”
