RUSSIA LIFTS IMPORT RESTRICTIONS ON UKRAINIAN CHEESE
April 1st, 2012
BY EUGENE VOROTNIKOV, IN ST PETERSBURG
RUSSIA has agreed to lift restrictions on the import of Ukrainian solid and semi-hard cheeses, just as soon as the Ukrainian side can provide evidence of proper control over product quality.
"We are ready to grant a right to the Ukrainian authorities to check the quality of the product in accordance with our requirements," said Gennady Onishchenko, head of Russian consumer rights watchdog Rospotrebnadzor. "Monitoring should be very serious. Internal control should account [for] 30% in the total cost of the ...
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