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Vahe Danielyan, Head of Food Safety and Quality Control Inspection of the State Service for Food Safety of MoA of the RA took part in a workshop with participation of European countries national contacts of Codex Alimentarius Commission held in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on November 7-9.

The aim of the event was to present web tools, which […]

On October 26, 2017 the State Service for Food Safety of the Ministry of Agriculture of RA hosted the representatives of the Federal Service for the Oversight of Consumer Protection and Welfare. The purpose of the visit was to present to the Armenian food safety experts the international program on reduce the spread of antibiotic […]

The State Service for Food Safety of the Ministry of Agriculture of RA, in the scope of the state control, has suspended the public catering production function in the kindergartens of “Artik N4” and “Ani” in Maralik community.
As a result of the inspections, the Service revealed gross violations of sanitary and hygienic norms in two […]

The State Service for Food Safety of the Ministry of Agriculture of RA in cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture will conduct research in the fruits and vegetables market throughout the country during the November and December, in order to find out the origin of fruits and vegetables and provide complete information to consumers. The […]

The State Service for Food Safety of the Ministry of Agriculture is creating database for business operators to facilitate export procedures.

The database will enable business operators to obtain the accompanying documents of the consignments on the same day without laboratory testing in case of submitting required information in accordance with the format (form is enclosed).

Business […]

On the 10th of February Mr. Ishkhan Karapetyan, the Head of the Service (hereinafter referred as the Head) and Mr. Albert Weterings, Country Coordinator of “Netherlands senior experts” foundation (PUM) signed a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at creating large platform for business operators to learn about the international best practices.

Mr. Johannes Douma, Ambassador Extraordinary and […]

From 22nd to 23rd of February, Ignati Arakelyan, the Minister of Agriculture of RA (hereinafter referred as the Minister) and Ishkhan Karapetyan, the Head of the State Service for Food Safety of MoA of RA (hereinafter referred as the Head) during the official visit to Georgia met Levan Davitashvili, the Minister of Agriculture of Georgia.

During […]

On the 23rd of February Ishkhan Karapetyan, the Head of the State Service for Food Safety of MoA of RA and Zurab Chekurashvili, the Head of LEPL National Food Agency of Georgia signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the cooperation in the food safety, veterinary and phytosanitary sectors.

Ignati Arakelyan, the Minister of Agriculture of Armenia […]