BRUSSELS SAYS EU UNITED IN FOOD BAN TALKS WITH RUSSIA
January 7th, 2015
THE EUROPEAN Commission stood by its position on Friday (January 30) that the European Union (EU) member states were united regarding talks with Russia about the possible lifting of the latter’s ban on EU food products such as pork meat.A Russian official said last week that his country was ready to resume inspections with the goal of lifting the ban on pork meat from France, Hungary, Italy, Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands. It was reported at the time that this decision came following talks between Sergey Dankvert, the head of Russian food safety body ...
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