Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Over the past period of the current year, the laboratory of veterinary and sanitary examination conducted laboratory analyzes of 30.6 thousand tons of meat, 103 thousand tons of plant products, 163.8 million eggs, 6.6 thousand tons of milk and dairy products sold at the dehkan markets of Tashkent.

This was announced by the head of the State Committee for Veterinary Medicine and Livestock Development Alisher Safarov.

It was revealed that 6.8 tons of meat and meat products, 43.5 tons of plant products, 89 thousand eggs, 4.7 tons of milk and dairy products are unfit for consumption, these products were withdrawn from sale, neutralized and destroyed.

In order to ensure the implementation of the resolution of the President “On additional measures to improve the efficiency of the use of household land and financial support for entrepreneurial initiatives of the population”, a total of 175.8 thousand heads of sheep and goats have been provided to 17.7 thousand households to date, 15.2 thousand households - 2.4 million heads of chickens, 3.5 thousand households - 72.5 thousand heads of rabbits, 7.2 thousand households - 61.8 thousand hives.