“In the first quarter of 2025, the purchasing agency of the Ministry of Defense “State Tale Operator” fined food suppliers for the Armed Forces of Ukraine for over UAH 6 million. Source: The Ministry of Defense press service with reference to the Director of the Department of Procurement in the Field of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Gleb Konievsky Details: the reason in the department is called the detection of counterfeit products, in particular dairy products that did not meet state standards.”, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: press service of the Ministry of Defense with reference to the Director of the Department of Policy in the field of procurement
Details: The reason for the department is the detection of counterfeit products, including dairy products that did not meet state standards.
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Straight language: “In the first quarter of 2025, DOT has regulated the food of servicemen for UAH 21.4 billion. It is a significant resource, and we have no right to allow no hryvnia to be spent on low -quality products for the Armed Forces.
Quality control and transparency of supply are not only a matter of responsible use of public funds, but also security and trust by our military. That is why we respond promptly to the violation. We consistently form a new culture of responsibility among suppliers. ”
Details: The first goods to be in -depth checked were the oil and cheese of sour milk – the most vulnerable to the falsification of the category. The samples were selected directly in military units to eliminate the possibility of manipulation.
Of the 35 laboratory tests, 19 samples were falsified, in particular because of the content of non -dairy fats in products, which is a violation of DSTU. For the 6 samples that are selected, DOT still awaits the results of the research.
Based on the negative results of the DOT, it first fines the supplier and then blocks the further supply of the party, reports other counterparties about the violation and prohibits the shipment of products of this brand before shipment.
As part of increased quality control, DOT is prepared to check other categories of foodstuffs that can potentially be the objects of falsification, as well as repeat the products that initially had negative test protocols. For objectivity and transparency, suppliers will learn about specific positions after the first laboratory tests are completed.
That preceded:
- Recall that in October 2024, NGL.Media journalists found that the laboratory of one of the military units and the management of food safety and veterinary medicine approved the delivery of almost 11 thousand inedible canned food in the Armed Forces.
- According to the journalists, it was about the actual replacement of the contents in the cans, where instead of meat were found tendons, skin and adipose tissue.
- After that, the Defense Ministry stated that on this fact, they conducted a preliminary inspection, which found “signs of possible forgery” of documents of the supplier of canning products. The department appealed to the Security Service of Ukraine to check them.
- In addition, in January 2024, the Defense Ministry reported the results of an unscheduled inspection of warehouses of military units that conducted in response to defenders’ complaints.
- At that time, the department stated that the monitoring showed violations of the quality, quantity and timing of the supply of products for the armed forces, which the winner company was engaged in the competition.
- Violations recorded and promised to impose penalties for overdue delivery, and for damaged and poor quality products, the company should reimburse the funds.