In Ukraine a national standard will be developed on meat and meat-vegetable products is Chairman of Derzhspozhivstandart of Ukraine
A sharp necessity ripened today to develop and implement national standards of Ukraine in meat and meat-vegetable products (sausages with the addition of vegetable products). This was stated by the President of Derzhspozhivstandart of Ukraine Larisa LOSYUK at the meeting with manufacturers of meat processing industry on the problems of application of national standards for sausages, which took place June 23 this year. The meeting was attended by representatives of the Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine, State Committee of Veterinary Medicine of Ukraine, Technological Institute of milk and meat, Technical Committee 140 "Milk, meat and products of their processing". Manufacturers represented by the National Association of meat and meat products of Ukraine "Ukrmjaso" and several leading companies in this industry. According to the Derzhspozhivstandart’s President, the development of this standard can be defined as one of the main issues in the Derzhspozhhivstandart, because in Ukraine there is no standard that what would regulate the production of sausages with addition of, for example, vegetable ingredients (soy, flour, starch, etc.).
"This standard might set requirements regarding the composition of such products, methods of controlling their production and the appropriate markings - said Larissa LOSYUK. - Also, it should ban the use of meat, vegetable own production of meat products, in order not to misinform the consumer. " As reported by the Chairman, after appropriate standard of all business entities will be forced to bring its specifications to its requirements. This principled position of the Committee is that solving this problem requires a collective effort: as representatives of the government, and manufacturers of meat processing industry, as practiced in Europe, where producers are actively involved in developing standards. Develop new standard is planned soon.
All participants of conference acceded to the necessity of the most rapid development and introduction of such standard. LOSYUK Larissa also expressed willingness of Derzhspozhivstandart to complete by the simultaneous action of the new national (GATS) and the old republican (PCT) and interstate (GOST) standards for sausages (the so-called. Transition ) right after the adoption of relevant decisions of the Cabinet of Ministers. After that the old standards will lose validity. Memo. Today Ministry of Economy has prepared project of decision of Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of 27.12.2008 ¹ 1152 "On making amendments to paragraph 5 of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine from August 20, 2008 ¹ 729", which granted permission to companies under the production of sausages at the same time to apply national standards for sausage products (GOST 4427:2005 "Polonies and rawly-dried. General technical conditions", GOST 4433:2005 "Sausages fried. General technical conditions", GOST 4435:2005 "Ham. General specifications "GOST 4436:2005" Sausages cooked, frankfurters, sausage, meat loaves. General technical conditions ") and Republican (PCT) and Interstate (GOST) standards. The draft regulations provided for the end of the transition. This draft government resolution approved at a meeting of the Governmental Committee.
Already today plenty of domestic enterprises uses new standards on sausage wares, which regulated the content of soft clear of higher raw material, first and second kind, limited use of food additives and flavoring and offal, said Chairman of Derzhspozhivstandart. For example, sausages have a higher grade produce 100% of raw meat. In the first class sausage meat content must be not less than 85% in the second sausage - not less than 75%. Accordingly, the use of wheat flour, starch, soy and other raw materials for the sausages first and second class shall be no more than 15% and 25%. In other varieties of food additives permitted in accordance with the list specified in the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine 04.01.1999 ¹ 12 "On approval of food additives permitted for use in food.
For the reliable informing of users it is forbidden to appropriate national standards sausages of new assortment and create derivative works from well-known names, or use these names in words with other words. Attributed to the traditional assortment of sausages with known names, which produce for the state and interstate standards. You can not use such phrases as "new Krakow, Medical Extra", "Drogobych Luxury" others. Urgent needs and the law "On the meat and meat products", the draft was adopted as the basis in June 2007. Unfortunately, already long time passing this act is put aside without regard to his actuality. This document needs to be finished off and accept as quick as possible”, is convinced Larysa LOSYUK
Another important problem that still is not resolved, she called the quality of food additives, the acceptable norms of their content in food products and methods of control. It should be noted that international standards do not include their use. At the same time, national standards for meat products allow you to use such raw materials as stabilizers structures, soy protein and its derivatives, sodium glutamate (taste), skin swine, as well as composite additives. It should also limit the use of many food additives in sausages, content can not be determined in the production laboratory method. "We must resolve all these issues with government positions, combining the interests of consumers and producers, and as soon as possible to resolve them", - Larysa LOSYUK marked