The governmental delegation led by the Prime Minister of South Ossetia Vadim Brovtsev has visited today the cannery in Tskhinval to see the state of the enterprise and to discuss with administration the measures on starting manufacture of tinned fruit and vegetables. The factory has not worked since August, 2008 when the part of production and storage facilities was destroyed as a result of the war, and the part of equipment - was plundered.Members of the government examined both the factory premises and the equipment for which restoration two million roubles had been allocated by the Ministry of Economic Development of the RSO.
The part of equipment has already been brought into a state of readiness, the roof has been repaired and as representatives of the administration have assured the prime minister, for today the factory is capable to process to 300 ton of fruit per month. Brovtsev has charged to start the production cycle during the week, adjust deliveries of raw materials to the factory and make agreements with farms and private farmsteads. According to the Acting Minister for Economic Development Batraz Parastaev, for today the goal on preparation the factory for processing apples in juice – has been accomplished.«Within a week the enterprise will start to produce juice in jars. The production will be delivered to the local budgetary organizations - educational institutions and the law-enforcement agencies, which were purchasing the fruit juice outside the Republic. The juice will be natural, without thermal processing because of which its goodness is lost», - Parastaev has told. He has also noticed that the factory restoration program will also be continued and next year the enterprise will work with all its might.
