The respect for consumers’ interests as regards the quality of food remains a priority of the Government and the National Food Safety Agency (NFSA) is the authority responsible for monitoring the situation on this segment, Prime Minister Pavel Filip said in a working meeting with Government officials, IPN reports, quoting the executive’s press service.

Pavel Filip spoke about the necessity of maintaining permanent interaction between the citizens and the NFSA so as to facilitate the signaling of violations. “The direct contact with the people is very important. When entering the store, the citizens expect to see that the NFSA, by concrete actions, takes care of their health,” stated the Premier.

He underlined the importance of continuing the inspections at shops launched by the Agency and of planning additional measures to protect the consumers.

Over 3,000 kilograms of meat confiscated from a company based in Anenii Noi town and another one operating in Nicoreni village of Drochia district following the irregularities identified there were destroyed last week. Today the inspectors found nonconformities at two companies based in Criuleni district. They sized over 6 tonnes of meat and these will be destroyed. The inspectors identified goods without the expiration date indicated on them, meat with the expired use-by date and eggs without documents of origin and sanitary-veterinary certificates.