Ildar Khalikov: “Absence of epidemics and major accidents is the main result of work of Federal Service for Supervision in the Sphere of the Protection of Consumer Rights and Human Welfare”

On January 29 at a summary session of Tatarstan Department of Federal Service for Supervision in the Sphere of the Protection of Consumer Rights and Human Welfare Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov said that the main positive result was that no epidemics and major accidents were registered in Tatarstan cities and regions in 2013.

Head of Tatarstan Department of Federal Service for Supervision in the Sphere of the Protection of Consumer Rights and Human Welfare Marina Patyashina made a keynote report, noting that successful holding of summer Universiade in Kazan was the main result of the department’s work in 2013. 290 specialists worked at Universiade venues, 16 thousand laboratory analyses were done during the competitions with 63 out-of-specification samples revealed.

According to Marina Patyashina, the Middle Kaban lake was cleaned due to Universiade.

Head of Tatarstan Department of Federal Service for Supervision in the Sphere of the Protection of Consumer Rights and Human Welfare noted the decrease in the number of infectious diseases.

It was noted that despite considerable financial investment, the quality of drinking water is not becoming better.

Marina Patyashina continued that after Russia joined the WTO, control over imported food was intensified.

6787 requests connected with violation of consumer rights were received by Tatarstan Department of Federal Service for Supervision in the Sphere of the Protection of Consumer Rights and Human Welfare in 2013. 70 per cent of them were reasonable. Fines for the sum of 11 mln rubles were imposed.

Tatarstan Minister of Health Adel Vafin and Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Artem Sidorov made reports on interaction with the Department of Federal Service for Supervision in the Sphere of the Protection of Consumer Rights and Human Welfare.