An appeal will be made to the Russian government with a request to strengthen control over the production and circulation of biologically active additives (BAA) in the country. The newspaper writes that this will be done due to the large number of illegal products in the domestic market. “News”Referring to the minutes of the meeting of the subcommittee of the public organization Delovaya Rossiya on the development of the parapharmaceutical industry, which took place in the middle of this month with the participation of representatives of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Economic Development, Rospotrebnadzor, deputies of the State Duma and senators, industry participants.
According to the document, counterfeit products may contain strong prohibited substances. Delovaya Rossiya made a proposal to provide control and monitoring of purchases by the bodies of Rospotrebnadzor as response measures, to return SanPIN in the production of dietary supplements, as well as to lift the moratorium on the introduction of unscheduled labor inspections.
The document will be sent to the Cabinet next week, as the Russian Business Committee for the Development of the Biologically Active Supplements Market told the publication.
The source of Izvestia, led by this organization, said that a proposal for states hostile to Russia to impose protective taxes on dietary supplements could be included in the document.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia had previously announced. Mandatory labeling of dietary supplements It will begin on October 1, 2023 in the Russian Federation.