Amet ei kontrolli maasikate päritolu laboris

Amet ei kontrolli maasikate päritolu laboris

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Agency does not verify the origin of strawberries in the laboratory

, et PTA ei kasuta võimalust kontrollida maasikate päritolu laboris. Nad kontrollivad ainult dokumente. Nii saab müüa välismaiseid maasikaid Eesti omadena.
Seitse aastat tagasi näitas Maalehe uurimus, et . 2022. aastal tehti . Seda andmebaasi Eesti ei kasuta.
, et . on nüüd selle labori andmebaasis. ütles, et Eesti maasikaid saab eristada Poola, Hispaania ja Kreeka omadest.
Maaleht küsis PTA-lt, miks nad ei kasuta seda meetodit. PTA ei vastanud nende küsimustele.
PTA spetsialist Marika Arula ütles, et nad maasikate päritolu kohta. Kuid ametnikud kontrollivad ikka ainult dokumente. Arula ütles, et .
, et kuigi ja andmebaas on olemas, kontrollib PTA ikka ainult pabereid.
PTA ei öelnud Maalehele, kui palju maksaks maasikate analüüs laboris. Maaleht arvab, et .
Maaleht wrote that PTA does not use the opportunity to verify the origin of strawberries in the laboratory. They only check documents. This allows foreign strawberries to be sold as Estonian ones.
Seven years ago, a Maaleht investigation showed that foreign strawberries were being sold as Estonian ones. In 2022, a database was created, costing €220,000. Estonia does not use this database.
A German laboratory has a method to determine the origin of strawberries. Estonian strawberry samples are now in this laboratory's database. Lab manager Liina Kruus said Estonian strawberries can be distinguished from those from Poland, Spain, and Greece.
Maaleht asked PTA why they do not use this method. PTA did not answer their questions.
PTA specialist Marika Arula said they receive a few tips each year about the origin of strawberries. However, officials still only check documents. Arula said document checks are faster and easier.
Maaleht wrote that although they exposed the fraud seven years ago and the database exists, PTA still only checks papers.
PTA did not tell Maaleht how much strawberry analysis in the laboratory would cost. Maaleht believes PTA doesn't even know where it could be done.