More than half a ton of low-quality fruits and vegetables seized in the Lower

Since the beginning of 2026, the management of Rospotrebnadzor in the Nizhny Novgorod region has withdrawn from circulation 544.3 kg of dangerous and low-quality fruit and vegetable products.

During this period, the experts examined 1288 samples. Of these, 851 were tested for sanitary and chemical parameters, 324 for parasitological, 113 for microbiological. The share of non-standard samples for chemical indicators was 0.3%, for microbiology and parasitology - 0.08%. At the same time, no GMOs, toxic elements and radioactive substances were found in the studied products.

The main violations were non-compliance with storage conditions and shelf life, the inability to trace the origin of the goods, as well as the sale of products that do not meet the requirements of technical regulations. The guilty persons were brought to administrative responsibility under the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation.