Social activists proposed introducing mandatory GOST standards for baby food

Ekaterina Leshchinskaya proposed introducing mandatory GOST standards for baby food and dairy products.

She also proposed providing targeted funding for independent monitoring and certification.

Leshchinskaya believes that today GOST standards for baby food are advisory in nature, which is unacceptable.

MOSCOW, October 8 - RIA Novosti. The chairman of the Healthy Fatherland movement, Ekaterina Leshchinskaya, proposed introducing mandatory GOST standards for baby food and dairy products, as well as allocating targeted funding for independent monitoring and certification.

“We propose not only to tighten the requirements, but also to support them financially. Control without money is a fiction. Two to three billion rubles a year is less than 0.5% of federal budget expenditures on healthcare, but this is an investment in the future of the nation,” Leshchinskaya told RIA Novosti.

She proposed introducing mandatory GOST standards for baby food and dairy products, as well as allocating targeted funding for independent monitoring and certification.

According to her, today GOST standards for baby food are advisory in nature: the manufacturer can use its own technical specifications and supply schools with a product that is only formally called “children’s.” According to the leader of the movement, this is unacceptable when it comes to children's health.