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Russia to lift ban on poultry imports from 68 U.S. companies from Monday - ministry
Topic: Situation around U.S. poultry exports to Russia
Russia to lift ban on poultry
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Russia will lift a ban on poultry imports from 68 U.S. companies whose production processes meet Russian requirements and will leave a ban on the production of the remaining 19 that have not met the country's sanitation demands, Agriculture Ministry spokesman Oleg Aksyonov said on Monday.
U.S. poultry accounted for almost 80% of poultry imports to Russia. The U.S. import quota amounts to 600,000 tons in 2010.
On Jan. 1, 2010, Russia introduced new sanitary standards, banning the treatment of meat with chloride of a higher concentration than in drinking water. A difficult negotiating process between Russia and the United States began, while Russia was also negotiating poultry supplies with other states as well as trying to increase domestic production.
In June 2010, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and U.S. President Barack Obama agreed to lift the ban, but imports did not resume because of the high concentration of chloride in U.S. meat.
MOSCOW, Aug 16 (RIA Novosti)
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- alexstonepoison for profit11:38, 16/08/2010Obama has stated he thinks all bans should be lifted, even though several companies still fail to meet international food standards, with the excessive use and saturation with chlorine.
If he is happy eating this stuff, then stick it on the US white house menu.
Why does Russia HAVE to accept sub-standard food from anyone?
The US arrogance for profit continues to be breathtaking in its callous indifference for russian lives, and health.
I urge all russians and europeans not to buy US poultry products, as you have no guarantee they're safe.
