“People are drinking who knows what and pay a lot of money”, – the Chairman of the Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko is trying to expand legal recognition of the situation of illicit trafficking of bottled water. The market is huge – I drink water all, its filling in the doorway is worth a penny, the margin is huge. Output – a threat to the health of the nation. But is it concerned speculators, squeezing out profits to the last drop?
the Federation Council has decided to bring to the fight against illicit trafficking of bottled water the heavy artillery – the Prosecutor General’s office. For several years the situation of water filling in “basements and garages”, as expressed by the speaker Valentina Matvienko, could not deploy. Three years of working on the new technical regulations of the Eurasian Union, which requires to specify on the label the exact origin of water – mineral, natural drinking and processed. And now a number of market participants asked to postpone this measure, with effect from 1 July… because of the pandemic, which lasts two to three months. More order should bring coding codes water that traces the path of each bottle from the bottling line to the buyer. This experiment began on 1 April.
“the Process is, but is sluggish and inefficient… there is No result – people drinking who knows what and pay more for a lot of money,” he lamented Valentina Matvienko at the meeting on 17 June.
the Federation Council by the water working group. The topic is sensitive: water, including expensive imported and falsifiziert, and poured in the factories-phantom of illegally extracted from wells. The reason is simple – the market is almost not regulated, the profit is fantastic.
Water is more expensive than gasoline. Today gasoline AI-95 costs around 47 cents per liter. And plain water in an average Moscow tent – about 50 rubles. Moreover, for a pint. To get gasoline, you need to extract oil to take her to process at the plant again to take to gas stations, water costs are minimal. Bottling anywhere from several tens of thousands of rubles. Lay – do not want!
“If we need addresses we have collected – Mytischi, can other to call. All know that counterfeit bottled water counterfeit glued labels are shipped to the stores, and no one acts” – was angry with Valentina Matvienko.
the Senators have a hard time: against order is a powerful lobby and control bodies kicked the material to one another. An old Russian fun.
“There is a reaction. And from the same characters – the opposition and the marking means of identification, and implementation of these regulations. It’s the same company, we know them,” – says the Chairman of agrarian Committee of Council of Federation Sergey Mitin.
Therefore, Matvienko callingsAla closer look at those who are involved in the experiment by labeling water, and who – no. And once again appealed to the government.
the attorney General Igor Krasnov confirmed: there is a problem.
“our surveillance has revealed numerous irregularities in the use of mineral drinking water, they are mainly concerned we have in the region of Caucasian mineral waters”, – said Igor Krasnov.
With mineral water all the trouble, especially with the well-known Soviet brands, for example, “Narzan” and “Yessentuki”. As not only deceive the consumer. Should say, “Essentuki 17”, and that’s a whole other water. Or not produce according to GOST and technical conditions, also a violation.
Earlier, experts sounded the alarm: they estimated that 80% of bottled water does not correspond to the names, it lacks the special properties of mineral water. The Agency launched a procedure to revoke the rights to use the name “Essentuki” 37 manufacturers. The first 19 companies who lost it in the beginning of 2019. The scale is shocking.
the Entry into force of the technical regulations, which will be paired labelling (with its help any person can test the water with your phone), should correct this situation. Let’s see who is stronger lobby companies or the Prosecutor.
