ADULTERATION OF DUMPLINGS WITH CHICKEN MEAT

Abstract

The daily diet of a person to ensure normal life should be complete and balanced in terms of vitamin, macro- and microelement composition. In connection with the modern rhythm of life, about three-quarters of the population of Ukraine are increasingly using fast food and semi-finished products. The production of semi-finished meat products in Ukraine reaches 90-95 thousand tons per year. However, along with the expansion of the range of semi-finished meat products and the increase in the number of their producers, cases of adulteration of meat products have also become more frequent. Considering the urgency of the problem, it became necessary to conduct a study of semi-finished meat products, in particular, dumplings, in order to establish cases of adulteration and inconsistency of the information indicated on the product packaging. The studies were carried out by real-time polymerase chain reaction on the basis of the State Scientific Research Institute for Laboratory Diagnostics and Veterinary and Sanitary Expertise. The test object was semi-finished meat products in a test shell from different Ukrainian manufacturers. In the course of the research, it was found that 30% of the studied samples of dumplings were adulterati, and the information indicated on the package did not correspond to their composition. More often, adulteration of meat products is carried out by adding chicken meat to the recipe (20%), while this percentage reaches 10% due to pork. As a result of the research, it was proved that the adulteration of meat products – dumplings by producers from 12 regions of Ukraine occurs simultaneously according to one or more indicators, which may indicate insufficient control of meat processing enterprises and the imperfection of the legislative system in the matter of adulteration of food products. The obtained research results indicate the need for periodic control of the production of meat products and improvement of the legislative framework on the issue of their adulteration.