US SRUGGLE AGAINST 'JERMUK' IS ARTIFICIAL

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p>The guests in “Urbat” club started their meeting by drinking “jermuk” mineral water.

The US Agency of Food and Medicine announcement had a great repercussion among Armenian consumers. “Jermuk Group” company, as well as “Mother Jermuk” factory together with experts gave a press conference to satisfy public anxiety.

“Jermuk “representatives find that the announcement itself is very suspicious and gives ground to different interpretation.

They suppose that an illegal mineral water is exported to the USA. “The picture of the examined bottle is on the site. There is no such brand in the Armenian market. One of the deer is missing, which is a confusing sign,”

The companies are surprised to hear no specific company. “First of all the agency should have discussed it with the corresponding producer, to see whether it belonged to it or not. None of our company got any notification.”

“Jermuk Group” company has got certificates given by both EU and Russian Federation. And the USA has been importing the mineral water since 2000, and there have been no complaints about the brand.

As to the companies, it has some political background.” Without a special allowance the brand could never enter the market if it were unhealthy and of low quality. Why wasn’t it banned in 2000? ” Edgar Ghazaryan mentions and adds, “This is a deliberate action towards Armenian mineral water. It is neither the ownership of “Jermuk Group” nor that of “Mother Jermuk”; it is RA ownership as far as it is of mineral wealth.”

Vice-head of epidemiology department of Ministry of Health, Marieta Basilyan affirms that “There is 0.1% less arsenium in product exported to US as compared with Armenian brand. It is strange to believe that this quantity could result in poisoning. According to the information provided by world health organization, no cases of disease are reported. ”