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OPINION

Modern hygienic approaches to assessing the compliance of specialized food products

Setko AG1 , Novokshanova AL2 , Yuskinа ON1
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1 Erisman Federal Scientific Center of Hygiene of the Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing, Mytishchi, Russia

2 Federal Research Center for Nutrition, Biotechnology and Food Safety, Moscow, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Olga N. Yuskinа
Semashko, 2, Mytishchi, Moscow Region, 141014, Russia; ur.gcnf@NO.aniksuY

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Author contribution: Setko AG — editing, material acquisition, analysis, and processing; Novokshanova AL — editing, concept and design of the analytical review, material acquisition and analysis; Yuskinа ON — editing, material collection, literature data processing; all authors — approval of the final version of the article, responsibility for integrity of all parts of the article.

Received: 2026-01-20 Accepted: 2026-05-13 Published online: 2026-06-24
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Fig. 1. The number of contaminated samples with the detection of undeclared substances by product group in the RF in 2023, % [1]: 1 — SFPs, including baby food and dietary supplements; 2 — fish, non-fish fisheries and products derived from them; 3 — meat and meat products; 4 — poultry, eggs and products of their processing; 5 — honey and bee products; 6 — sugar and confectionery; 7 — grain (seeds); 8 — fruit and vegetable products; 9 — packaged drinking water; 10 — fat and oil products; 11 — beverages; 12 — milk and dairy products
Fig. 2. The number of samples exceeding acceptable levels of contaminants by product group in the RF in 2023, % [1]: 1 — grain (seeds); 2 — SFPs, including baby food and dietary supplements; 3 — meat and meat products; 4 — fruit and vegetable products; 5 — fish, non-fish fisheries and products derived from them; 6 — packaged drinking water; 7 — milk and dairy products; 8 — poultry, eggs and products of their processing; 9 — honey and bee products; 10 — sugar and confectionery; 11 — fat and oil products; 12 — beverages