Latvia is likely one of the few EU nations the place meat, fish and cheeses are nonetheless smoked within the conventional method – utilizing wooden smoke. For this conventional methodology, Latvia has already as soon as achieved an exception within the EU authorities as for merchandise produced for the interior market. In the meantime, in different European nations, flavorings are extensively used for smoking.
There are additionally producers in Latvia who use them. This time, it’s exactly the objections to using flavorings that threaten to result in new bans on smoked merchandise.
“Our ancestors have been smoking for hundreds of years and lived lengthy and wholesome lives,” says Ivo Kulmanis, proprietor of Silāres Gaļsaimnieks, commenting on issues about potential well being dangers from consuming smoked meat and fish.
“If the European Fee introduces extra stringent necessities for smoked merchandise, then we will neglect about traditional sprats,” says Arnolds Babris, co-owner of the Brīvais Vilnis fish processing plant.
At present, the permissible stage of benzopyrene in smoked fish is 5 milligrams per kilogram, in smoked meat – 30 milligrams.
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2024-07-01 08:46:13