RUSSIAN AGENCY CLAIMS UKRAINE FOOD BANS ARE BASED ON REAL HEALTH RISKS
July 5th, 2014
Russia’s agricultural watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor has justified its new ban on imports of dairy products from Ukraine, as it yesterday (Monday) announced another ban on imports from its neighbour of canned vegetables, fruit and fish. Dismissing claims that this decision - which comes into force today (Tuesday) – was politically motivated, it said canned foods exported from Ukraine had been discovered being incorrectly labelled regarding weight and content of fats, proteins, carbohydrates, vitamin C, salt and other ingredients. Regarding the dairy ban, which ...
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