From September 1, the order of the Ministry of Labor comes into force, specifying the list of harmful production factors in which workers are supposed to have milk. Employees who work at enterprises with all kinds of chemicals, with microorganisms, their spores and living cells, as well as with open radioactive substances, will be able to receive 0.5 liters of milk per shift.
Milk can be replaced with equivalent food products if they have passed state registration. In particular, it is possible to replace sour-milk liquid products (including enriched ones), with a fat content of up to 3.5% (kefir, yogurt, acidophilus, fermented baked milk), yoghurts with a fat content of up to 2.5% (500 g), as well as for food products of therapeutic and preventive nutrition under harmful working conditions (at least 300 ml in terms of liquid), natural fruit or vegetable juices with pulp (300 ml). In addition, milk or equivalent foodstuffs can be replaced by a compensation payment in an amount equivalent to their value.