โ Scribed by Mitchell, Samuel H.; Rowe, Michael T.
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A basic requrement in any society is an adequate supply of safe wholesome food. As part of the EU Technical Assistance to Economic Reform and Recovery in the Commonwealth of Independent States (TACIS) programme, NI-CO (Northern Ireland Public Sector Enterprises Ltd) a company marketing the skills existing in the public sector in Northern Ireland, was awarded 1.1 million ECU for Project No. TACIS/91/FD072 which developed out of preliminary discussions between NI-CO and the town council of Pushchino in Russia, a small town approximately 120 km south of Moscow. The main result of these early collaborative links was the preparation of a realistic proposal, the objectives of which were to identify problems in the production, distribution and retail sale of food in the Pushchino area and to establish a fully equipped and operational Food Control Laboratory (FCL). Primarily the FCL would perform a range of analyses including those for pesticides, heavy metals, mycotoxins, radionuclides and food contaminant micro-organisms. In addition the FCL would act as a model capable of replication elsewhere in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).
Food control naturally begins with food production. Pushchino was built in the 1960s overlooking the รood plain of the River Oka. This region is intensively cultivated and provides approximately 20% of the marketed vegetables (excluding potatoes) in the Moscow region.
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