Today, if you go to any grocery store, large supermarket or village shop, the deficit of dairy products is clearly not there. The shops are filled with it: no butter, no sour cream, no cheese and no shortage of other things. Surprising, because we know that there are not enough natural milk, without which these products cannot be manufactured.
BUT the DEALERS from “milk” have found the way out, replacing, substituting or rather, expensive raw milk with cheap vegetable.
The share of counterfeit dairy products (with vegetable fat) in Russia in 2015 was 11%, and in some cases reached 50%.
About this at the International forum-exhibition “Dairy and meat industry” in Moscow, said the head of Rosselkhoznadzor Sergey Dankvert.
These results obtained on the basis of random checks. Most violations identified in products with high content of fat — the cheese and sour cream.
The bulk of counterfeit products are products which should be vegetable fats, but they are there — palm, coconut or soybean oil. Often use palm, because it is the cheapest. Vegetable fat is 4-5 times cheaper than milk, and as a result the total cost of the product can be even two times lower. But the price of it in retail is not reduced.
Not less attractive for producers of counterfeit products is significantly increasing the shelf life of such products. Who have not met the packs of milk storage period, which comes to a year? It goes sour within two days, as natural, and therefore no problems with the cancellation, it is possible to avoid significant losses.
In short, the counterfeit trade is winning the case. In loss be few honest manufacturers who can not compete with the fakes and leave the market. And, of course, the consumer, but it can be fooled by mixing various additives, flavorings, fully recreating the taste of real dairy product. A sample of “the palm” will not find the label on the pack of milk, cream or butter just about silent. What actually made these products, can be detected only by laboratory.
Nevertheless the population now forced to “tighten their belts”, it is content such a “milky”. Believing that drinking a Cup of milk, you actually consume a mix of goodness knows what. Benefit from it whatsoever.
Therefore, in daily diet experts suggest that you replace products with palm oil natural, especially milk and dairy products. Thus, the daily intake of calcium 80% is met by dairy products — the consumption of products produced with the use of vegetable fats, not just gives the body a chance to get it.
Then, as they say, and “found a scythe against a stone” is not present Russia to fully provide its population with cheap, high-quality dairy products. As acknowledged, speaking at the forum, againstr A. Tkachev, national self-sufficiency in dairy products over the past year was 81%, the shortage of milk — 8 million tons. And a ton of milk fat is 3 thousand dollars, and palm oil — 800. The benefit to the domestic producers of “milk” is obvious. No wonder the consumption of palm oil is growing. Only in January — November 2015 Russia imported 794 thousand tons. Quite naturally, given the current disaster with the budget, when the rulers are frantically looking for something to plug his hole, naturally the question arose about the excise tax on the use of palm oil. If it acted last year, revenues could amount to 160 million dollars (12.2 billion rubles). Is this not a fertile source of lean replenishment of the state Treasury? However, the inevitable question: what will happen to prices and from whose pocket will pay this exaction?
In mid-February of the current year Minister of agriculture of the Russian Federation Alexander Tkachev said that his Ministry supports the idea of introducing the excise tax on palm oil. The Minister does not expect growth in food prices. Misty answered with uncertainty: “It is necessary to calculate. But it is unlikely. I don’t think”. And what here, actually, “think”? You should not doubt that dairy magnates will not be for nothing and will find someone to shift the costs.
Incidentally, the word “excise” is an indirect national tax-mounted items of mass consumption within the country, in Latin means “cut”. Can’t live without dairy products? Here you and “cut”. As for falsification, it is possible to tolerate it will probably, for a long time. Reason long known: the disastrous state of the dairy industry. The reduction in livestock persisted. With current prices for feed and energy to maintain the cow becomes unprofitable. Milk production costs are high and purchase prices are low. The farmers are forced to cut cows. In private farms, their decline is 3% per year. The authorities continue to rant about the full support of the livestock. Of course, to run your mouth a lot easier than actually to provide the population with natural dairy products. The proof of this was the recent decree of the Ministry of agriculture of the Russian Federation, according to which manufacturers are required to issue a veterinary document for each batch of packaged milk.
Sounded the alarm “Soyuzmoloko” and warned of possible in this case, the disruption of supply of products. But that’s not all. The need to issue additional securities will result in increased costs, resulting in the price of milk will rise by 10%. But, apparently, anticipating a public outcry that will lead to this “innovation” (especially in an election year), government officials hastened to disown from it. Supposedly, the order of the Ministry of agriculture failed to read, no mandatory veterinary certification of dairy products now not required. Its launch is scheduled for 2018, and this procedure can only be voluntary, said Deputy head of Rosselkhoznadzor Nikolai Vlasov. However, do not raise in time the noise of the Russian manufacturers of milk, it would have dragged on the sly killer for them an order of “guardians” a healthy diet for the population by putting in the domestic production of milk fat point.
Author: Elena KRASNOLUTSKAYA.
