Russia releases 2024 fermented dairy product quality test results

The State Center for the Safety of Aquatic and Aquaculture Products conducted over 1,100 tests on fermented dairy products from January 17 to November 11, 2024. The tests looked at quality and safety indicators such as antibiotics, fatty acid composition, BGCP, toxic elements, mycotoxins, and radionuclides. Two out of 63 samples were found to be contaminated, specifically with excessive Escherichia coli group bacteria in two sour cream samples.

Main content: From January 17 to November 11, 2024, the State Center for the Safety of Aquatic and Aquaculture Products conducted more than 1,100 studies on fermented dairy products, namely: yogurt, fermented baked milk, sour cream, cottage cheese, kefir, snowballs and cottage cheese, and tested quality and safety indicators such as antibiotics, fatty acid composition, BGCP, toxic elements, mycotoxins, radionuclides, etc. Among 63 samples, 2 were positive, and in two sour cream samples, excessive amounts of Escherichia coli group bacteria ...