The Chairman of the Food Safety Agency Azerbaijan (AQTA) Goshkar Tahmazli, as part of a visit to Russia, met with the head of Rospotrebnadzor Anna Popova.
During the meeting, a draft agreement on cooperation in the field of food safety, expanding cooperation on registration and monitoring of food products, mutual exchange with relevant normative and technical documents, establishing relations with research institutions.
was discussed.
AQTA Chairman expressed confidence that with the entry into force in Azerbaijan, from January 1, 2023, the Law on Food Safety will be able to create an effective control system in this area, to provide the population with safe food products, to increase the competitiveness of food and agricultural production and agricultural products and its export, create a more favorable business environment for the activities of entrepreneurs.
At the end of Goshgar, Tahmazli said that the expansion of cooperation between institutions would help ensure food safety in Azerbaijan and the Russian Federation.