DAIRY PRODUCERS FEELING EFFECTS OF RUSSIA’S CHEESE BANS
March 8th, 2015
In the latest in a string of bans on cheese products entering Russia, the Russian Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights and Protection and Human Wellbeing (Rospotrebnadzor) has banned cheese products made by Poland's Ostrowia.But this latest dairy ban is not all it seems, and Milkiland, the Netherlands-based dairy products producer owning Ostrowia, has called for “dialogue” with Russian authorities because its banned ‘Wesola Krowka’ (‘Jolly Cow’) is made from vegetable fats. So Milkiland said the latest Russian action was unjustified as ...
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