KYIV, April 13 - Milk and dairy products were most often falsified among food products in the first quarter of 2021, and the most common violation in the production of butter is the presence of non-dairy fats, the State Service of Ukraine on Food Safety and Consumer Protection said.

According to the agency, the second common type of violation this year is the inconsistency of food labeling.

The service clarified that since the beginning of the year, it has carried out 85 scheduled and 2,900 unscheduled inspections. As a result, more than 31 tons of products were withdrawn from circulation, including 6 tons of milk and dairy products, 4.7 tons of fish, 3.3 tons of poultry, 2 tons of meat and meat products. The department made 49 decisions to suspend the circulation of food products, transferred 11 cases to law enforcement agencies and issued fines to violators in the amount of over UAH 1.6 million.