YEREVAN, JUNE 19, NOYAN TAPAN. Yerevan Mayor's Office jointly with RA Police and Ministry of Agriculture has been undertaking measures aimed against sale of foodstuffs made at open-air points of sale since June 1. As Karen Gevorgian, Head of Trade and Service Department of Mayor's Office, said in his interview to Noyan Tapan correspondent, as a result of daily checkings in Yerevan they have already confiscated 12 devices of making filled ice-cream, 2 of making cool drinks and 2 of Ghars barbeque. In K. Gevorgian's words, though a serious struggle is carried on against street trade of foodstuffs, it is impossible to liquidate it only by means of the Mayor's Office. "Such devices are very many in Yerevan, but they hide them during checkings. Therefore, we need assistance of prefectures in order to be able to struggle against not only street trade, but also sale of fast food as a result of daily checkings," K. Gevorgian said. In his words, citizens should realize that foodstuffs sold in the street are dangerous for health, as they are sold in conditions not corresponding to sanitary norms. The head of the department said that they are also going to undertake measures against melon and water-melon sale in the streets. They have already warned the prefectures to provide places for melon and water-melon sale in communities, especially near residential houses.

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