Four standard violations: State Ecological Inspection found substandard gasoline in Zhytomyr region

At one of the filling stations in the town of Malyn, inspectors discovered automotive gasoline A-95-Euro5-E10 that does not meet the established requirements of the Technical Regulation on four important indicators.

The planned quality check of fuel was conducted in October within the sectoral plan of state market surveillance. During the inspection, it was found that the filling station owners were selling fuel under the guise of European manufacturer (AB ORLEN) products, but they could not provide the full supply chain from the plant to the consumer, as required by the non-food safety law. Because of this, ecologists decided to take official samples for laboratory tests.

What the expertise showed and what sanctions await violators

The sealed gasoline samples were delivered to an accredited laboratory. According to the test protocol, the fuel showed significant deviations on four parameters:

sulfur content;

volumetric fraction of benzene;

mass fraction of oxygen;

volumetric fraction of oxygenated compounds.

“State market surveillance is primarily a mechanism for protecting consumers from products whose characteristics do not meet the established requirements. It is especially important that fuel entering the market meets quality and safety requirements, because this concerns not only the interests of buyers but also environmental protection,” said Yevheniy Medvedovskyi, head of the State Ecological Inspection of the Polissia district.

After receiving the laboratory results, the eco-inspection issued a decision to impose strict restrictive measures. They provide for a complete ban on further sale of substandard gasoline and its withdrawal from the market. In addition, inspectors have already initiated an investigation of the supplier who supplied questionable fuel to this gas station.