17:07 - 19.12.2023

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December 19, Fineko/abc.az. The possibility of exporting caviar produced in Azerbaijan, obtained from fish grown in aquaculture, to the EU countries has been achieved.

ABC.AZ reports that Food Safety Agency’s chairman Goshgar Tahmazli said about this during his speech at the 8th session of the Central Asia & the Caucasus Regional Fisheries & Aquaculture Commission on (CACFish), held in Baku on December 19.

He added that development of ways to use the country's aquatic bio-resources for a balanced diet is of great importance from angle of transferring safe and affordable food to future generations. Tahmazli said that as a result of fulfilling the requirements arising from the Law on Food Safety, which entered into force on January 1, 2023, successes have been achieved in ensuring food safety, state control over the food chain and other areas:

"A draft technical regulatory legal act has been prepared on the mandatory introduction of the HACCP system (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points). Thus, large business entities engaged in production and processing activities should introduce the HACCP system two years after the entry into force of the Law on Food Safety, small and medium-sized businesses — after 4 years, and microenterprises — after 6 years. As part of the regulatory and control measures by the Food Safety Agency of Azerbaijan in order to increase country’s export potential and facilitate the promotion of food products produced in our republic to the European market, the possibility of exporting caviar produced in Azerbaijan, obtained from fish grown in aquaculture, to the EU countries was achieved."