ArmInfo. During a press conference on January 30, Tigran Petrosyan, Head of Armenia's Food Safety Inspection Body, reported that approximately 8 tons of meat obtained outside of regulated slaughterhouses were confiscated and destroyed in 2025.
Throughout the year, the agency conducted 4,515 monitoring activities at meat sales points, identifying violations in 265 cases. The businesses involved were held administratively liable. Petrosyan provided a snapshot of the industry's infrastructure, noting that 128 slaughterhouses operated in Armenia in 2025, a slight decrease from 139 in 2024. Despite this drop, meat production remained steady, with 31,000 tons of slaughtered meat registered during the reporting period.
Overall, according to the Head of the Inspection Body, in 2025, the Inspectorate carried out a total of 7,569 scheduled and unscheduled inspections, monitoring activities, and observations, uncovering 1,819 violations. According to him, the most commonly recorded systemic issues include: sale of hazardous food products, distribution of expired goods, sale of meat from unauthorized sources, non-compliance with sanitary and hygienic standards, and other violations.
