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4 of August, 13:57

In the "Auchan" horse meat passed off as pork After claims of buyers who have questioned the freshness of certain products offered for sale in the trading network "Auchan", in several shopping centers in the Rosselkhoznadzor conducted the audit. For example, passed the examination minced pork which has been found horse DNA.

The Rosselkhoznadzor advertise fresh audit withdrawn in the trading network "Auchan" products. Namely, it was found that ground pork, traded in the hypermarket on open refrigerated display cases, it is not pork - it is a mixture of meat of different origin.

"Molecular genetic test minced pork seized during the inspection employees of the Rosselkhoznadzor trading network "Auchan", except for pig DNA found horse DNA, the DNA of the chicken and the DNA of cattle" - quoted by TASS news the Federal service for veterinary and phytosanitary surveillance. Violations detected in 15 of the 17 selected in the shopping malls of the samples.

"In minced beef meat DNA found in pork, chicken, lamb, not marked on the label, and the minced pork on the contrary spotted DNA beef, chicken, lamb, in the semis minced beef and lamb identified the DNA of pork, beef and lamb. These studies allow us to conclude about the falsification of products by replacing the 1st type of meat other, less significant," explains the official website of the Rosselkhoznadzor.

Revision of "Auchan" passed on the instruction of Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Arkady Dvorkovich. "The assignment was due, I think, with the fact that there were claims from buyers, because I doubt the freshness of the products," stated assistant head of the Rosselkhoznadzor Alexey Alekseenko.
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