YEREVAN. - Armenian police officers did not let dairy products traders from Gegharkunik region Chambarak community to travel to Yerevan on Tuesday. The resident contacted Armenian News-NEWS.am with request to sort out the problem.

“The police said they have put Chambarak in quarantine and have clear orders not to permit the villagers’ dairy products to Yerevan,” the resident said.

Armenian News-NEWS.am contacted Head of the State Service for Food Safety at the Ministry of Agriculture public relations office, to clear out the facts about quarantine.

“Although laboratory studies showed there is no threat of murrain in Gegharkunik region and in the country as a whole, the quarantine announced in early June is still in power for safety reasons. However, if the villagers have a corresponding document from veterinarian they are free to sale their goods in the capital,” official from the State Service for Food Safety explained.

Cases of murrain infections were registered in Azerbaijan in spring.