AUV during the pandemic confiscated 90 thousand pounds of food products

Food and Veterinary Agency (AUV) since the spread of Coronavirus has been mobilised to maintain food safety by increasing the number of inspections across the country, said in an interview for Online Economy, Lamir Thaci, spokesman at the institution.

He has further clarified that assisted in cases initiated by the Prosecution and Police for suspicious production and meat processing sites, where they confiscated about 5,000 kilograms of meat and under meat products.

And we've confiscated about 90 thousand pounds of different food products, we've been assisting in cases initiated by the prosecution and the state police for the suspicious location of meat production and processing, and in these cases we've confiscated about 5 thousand pounds of meat and meat products, and we've all met the materials and we've been assisting the police and prosecution for further prosecution<x1.

He has guaranteed all products on the market are being monitored and controlled.

“... also throughout all this time through inspectors we've been monitoring food trading points in monitoring the rules during the sale and all products on the market are being monitored and controlled and freely can say that these products so far there is no problem with poisoning or cases of suspicion”.

“Confiscating and extermination of products occurs for various reasons when the parties themselves apply to our authority at the time when their products are exhausted, we also have cases when we are busy in the market of products where for various reasons they have been preserved in inadequate or over-term conditions or other circumstances that have been inspected by inspectors who fail to meet conditions and circumstances<1>.

Thaci has clarified that consumer complaints have been prosecuted and taken all measures when it has proved to have been in violation, EO reports.

And the customers we've all been processed into the field and each complaint has received answers and in all cases that we've received testimony complaints and arguments all these addresses have been checked and in any case where the alleged violation has been encountered or confirmed immediately we've taken measures”.

He has announced that they have confiscated 81 heads of cattle and 114 heads of goats and sheep in the border generation municipalities with Serbia and northern Macedonia.

The animal smuggling comes from border generation municipalities with Serbia and Macedonia, and during this period we have encountered several smuggling cases where about 81 heads of cattle have been confiscated and 114 heads of sheep and goats confiscated. All items that have been confiscated have been assessed or identified by Agency and Veterinary inspectors”.