Inna Kojoyan: The news that Armenian bread is harmful to health is not grounded

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 24, ARMENPRESS: The news that the Armenian bread contains saltpetre, soap and genetically modified soya, is not grounded and does not correspond to reality, chief specialist of the Food Safety and Veterinary State Inspectorate Inna Kojoyan told Armenpress, adding that as a result of revisions implemented by the inspectorate such a thing has never been found out, and the registered violations mainly concern technical flaws – absence of corresponding documents, insufficient hygienic conditions, etc.

The other day in one of the mass media biochemist Alexander Selimyan stated that Armenian bread contains saltpetre, soap and genetically modified soya and can even originate cancer. “The information that the periodical use of bread results in disbacteriosis, hormonal disturbance, allergies and a number of other deceases, is not grounded,” Inna Kojoyan said, adding that if the bread harmed the health corresponding steps would have been taken.

Information was also spread that state bodies and even the organizations defending consumers’ rights do not respond to the alarm concerning the bread. Inna Kojoyan said that the Armenian Ministry of Agriculture has not received any application or alarm on that theme. Director of “Consumers Rights Defense” NGO Abgar Yeghoyan, too, denied that information, noting that they have not received such an alarm”.