Valeriu Cosarciuc, Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry, announced this at press conference in Chisinau, stressing that Moldavian wine delivered to Russia doesn’t contain dangerous chemical substances in doses, constituting a menace for health. He noted that content of dibutylphthalate in Moldavian wine that caused the tie-up of 48 trucks with wine at customs terminal in Russia is by 1000 times less than in mineral water consumed by Russian people. Valeriu Cosarciuc said that the experts of Rospotrebnadzor have found 0.032 mg of dibutylphthalate in 1 litre of Muscat Zolotoe wine, when mineral water, according to Russian hygiene standards, may contain 0.2 mg of dibutylphthalate per cubic decimeter.
This substance is also contained in the air. The head of the Ministry of Agriculture explained that deadly content of dibutylphthalate in the organism is 151 mg per kg-BM. It means that fatal outcome from the consumption of Moldavian wine could happen if a men weighing 70 kg drank 271 tons of wine at one go, - Valeriu Cosarciuc emphasized. He noted that even wines of the leading world producers, including France, contain a certain part of chemical substances. Valeriu Cosarciuc said that 47 trucks with Moldavian wine are still staying at customs terminal in Solntsevo. The testing procedure for Moldavian wine certification was renewed but goes very slowly. Till now, neither Moldavian authorities nor winemaking companies have received from Russian competent authorities any quality testing certificate or assessment of taken wine samples, the import of which was stopped. Valeriu Cosarciuc noted that Rospotrebnadzor gives only unsubstantiated accusations and Moldova has to draw all information from newspapers.
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