Ishkhan Karapetyan, who heads Armenia’s Food Safety Service (FSS), today met with butchers at various Yerevan markets, informing them that his agency would be seeking the participation of all involved in the meat business, from the slaughterhouse to retail seller, in order to finally regulate the meat market in Yerevan.

Ensuring adequate food safety standards, especially regarding meat and meat by-products, is a recurring issue in Armenia.

Many consumers believe that not enough is being done by agencies like the FSS, a division of the Ministry of Agriculture, to guarantee food safety.