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U.S. unprepared to observe Russian poultry standards - Putin

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The United States is not yet ready to observe Russian veterinary requirements regarding poultry meat, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Thursday.

The United States is not yet ready to observe Russian veterinary requirements regarding poultry meat, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Thursday.

"Unfortunately, we don't see any readiness in observing Russian standards from some of our trade partners, first of all from the United States," Putin said at a conference on poultry market development in Russia.

Stricter sanitary regulations regarding poultry processing that restrict the use of chlorine and moisture content came into force January 1. U.S. companies have traditionally used chlorine in poultry processing and will not be able to supply their products to Russia any longer.

Putin also said Russia is ready to seek other poultry suppliers should the current ones refuse to meet the country's sanitary requirements.

"If some of our foreign suppliers don't want or can't meet our health requirements, we will use other sources for deliveries," he said.

Putin said the poultry standards are not taken "out of thin air." "It's not something exclusively Russian. These are standards adopted in the European Union. We simply took them for use in our own country," he said.

The prime minister said Russia's quota from the United States is the largest for all importers with an annual 600,000 metric tons. "But they have to observe our standards," he said, adding that most Russian producers have already modernized the poultry meat production process.

Putin also said there are no politics in the new sanitary requirements. "The key thing is protection of human health," he said.

LENINGRAD REGION, January 14 (RIA Novosti) 

 

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