MEAT INDUSTRY REBUKES RUSSIA’S PLAN TO EXTEND IMPORT RESTRICTIONS
June 1st, 2016
Russia’s decision to extend its import ban on a wide range of European Union (EU), US, Canadian, Australian and Norwegian food exports until December 31, 2017 has met with widespread disapproval from the EU meat industry. “Overall I can say we are very disappointed,” EU farm body Copa & Cogeca spokesperson Amanda Cheesley told GlobalMeatNews. “Russia banned our exports two years ago [August 2014] which meant EU farmers and agricultural cooperatives lost their main export market overnight worth 5.5 billion euros,” Copa’s secretary general Pekka ...
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