RESOLUTION OF THE CHIEF STATE HEALTH OFFICER OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

of June 2, 2008 No. 33

About production and turnover of fowl

I, the Chief state health officer of the Russian Federation G. G. Onishchenko, having analyzed information on production and turnover of fowl, I note.

As the measures reducing obsemenennost microorganisms of bird in case of its processing the water containing free chlorine and the connections emitting it is applied (sodium hypochlorite, calcium, magnesium, chloric lime, chlorine dioxide, dikhlorizotsianurata of sodium and potassium). Content of free chlorine in water which is used for chilling of bird constitutes up to 50 mg/dm3. For antibacterial processing of fowl use of different organic acids is also recommended (peroxyacetic, milk, acetic).

Use of chlorine in water for chilling of fowl leads to accumulating on surface and in the thickness of fowl of by-products of oxidizing activities of free chlorine, first of all the organochlorine compounds (chlorphenols, chloroamines, trihalomethanes and others) constituting health hazard of the person.

Also cases of identification of artificial addition of water for increase in mass of products from fowl became frequent that is violation of the law in the field of protection of the rights of the consumer, and also increases risks of microbic and chemical pollution of fowl and reduces its nutrition value.

Over the last 5 years the specific weight of fowl and the poultry-farming products which are not meeting hygienic requirements for microbiological indicators increased from % 4,33 in 2003 to % 4,69 in 2007.

In 2007 the specific weight of tests of fowl and the poultry-farming products inappropriate to hygienic standard rates on microbiological indicators, made from % 3,8 in Central Federal District to % 7,6 in the Northwestern Federal District.

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