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Content of the chemical element arsenic in mineral water “Jermuk” is in maximum admissible norm. Edgar Ghazaryan, Advisor of the president of “Jermuk Group” CJSC, told talking to a correspondent of Panorama.am, commenting on the information spread by US Food and Drug Administration regarding that mineral water “Jermuk”, which is being from Armenia, contains arsenic and is dangerous for health.

According to E. Ghazaryan, all mineral waters of Armenia contain arsenic, with what their all the curing properties are conditioned. Least of all this substance is in “Jermuk”. According to All-Union State Standard, the content of this element in 1 liter of water should be no less than 0.7 microgram.

He mentioned that it is said in the FDA’s information that content of arsenic exceeding the maximum permissible norm, was found in a sample of Armenian mineral waters under the name of “Jermuk”, being imported to the USA. However, it is not clarified to whom concretely the product belonged. “FDA has only warned its consumers about it yet”, he noted, adding that at the same time it is said in the information that the examination of the samples are still in process, and the consumers will be informed additionally about the results. FDA has not made a final statement yet regarding “Jermuk”.
E. Ghazaryan also informed that as an exporter, the company “Jermuk Group” has not received any complaint or statement from its foreign partners, neither from the FDA nor from other representatives of US authorities. According to the advisor of the company, since 2000 “Jermuk Group” regularly exports its product to the USA, and no concern has been made from the USA within these 7 years, as the produt has always met their adopted standards.

To note, it is mentioned in the FDA information that 500 ml of liquid were sampled, as a result of which 500-600 micrograms of arsenic were contained per liter of “Jermuk”, whereas the standards of US FDA accept no more than 10 micrograms per liter