There used to be a joke about sausage and toilet paper. But now, when the production of products is focused on obtaining maximum profitability and manufacturers save on raw materials, tasteless and even unhealthy products have flooded the Russian market. And in the same sausage there may be something worse than toilet paper.

Consumer Union "Roskontrol" introduced top 5 most frequently counterfeited products.

5. Sweets and bakery products

The sad news for the sweet tooth is that chocolate (which is a mixture of cocoa butter, grated cocoa, sugar and milk ingredients) is often replaced with cocoa substitute. Bread did not escape this fate, the butter in it is replaced with margarine. And in the course of recent inspections of Rospotrebnadzor, 750 products were discovered, the address of the manufacturer on which was fictitious.

4. Fish

The experts of Roskontrol discontent caused the freezing of the product. According to the norms, the water in frozen fish should be a maximum of 5%. In reality - 4 times more. Some sellers do not shun and give less expensive fish for more expensive. For example, pollock for cod (why not be shy, because both fish belong to the cod family), and cod for trout. As explained by the executive director of the Consumer Rights Protection Society (OZPP) Sergey Raksha, it will be difficult for the buyer to distinguish salmon or trout from white fish if the latter is painted red and slightly salted.

3. Sausage

More than 50% of the sausage products tested by Roskontrol did not comply with GOST. Manufacturers also hide what the sausage is made of, apparently, the composition will be too unappetizing.

2. Dairy products

The second place in the rating of fake products was cheese, cottage cheese and butter. Over 60% is a surrogate. Instead of animal fats, manufacturers put vegetable oils, such as palm oil. Not only do the palatability of the products suffer, palm oil also has a bad effect on health. It contains 50% saturated fatty acids, which increase the level of "bad" cholesterol in the blood.

In a number of samples examined by Roskontrol, there was no milk fat at all. Under the guise of cheese or butter, something is offered that cannot even be called a cheese product. But how you can call it is not for print.

1. Water

The lead of the counterfeit liquid is the one without which “there will be neither tudes nor syuds.” Worst of all proved to be water for coolers. 90% of the samples failed the test, they contained chemical compounds and bacteria.

If you find suspicious products in the store, it is best to report it to Rospotrebnadzor. Complaints give an occasion to check the institution, and if a counterfeit is discovered, the violator (and this is both the seller and the manufacturer) will pay 500 thousand rubles. Possibly, ruble punishment will force outlets to better monitor the proper quality of the goods.

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