Wed, 17/12/2014 - 08:06
MINSK, 17 December (BelTA) - The Russian agricultural watchdog (Rosselkhoznadzor) has lifted its ban on food supplies from another two Belarusian enterprises on 16 December. The relevant information is available on the website of the Russian watchdog, BelTA has learned.
These are Servolux Agro and its subsidiary Servoluk. “Thanks to the efforts of the Belarusian veterinary service to rectify the situation in the shortest time possible, Rosselkhoznadzor decided as possible to allow the deliveries from the two aforementioned Belarusian enterprises to Russia as of 16 December 2014,” the Russian agricultural watchdog said.
As was informed, in early October 2014 Rosselkhoznadzor imposed a ban on food supplies from more than 20 Belarusian companies due to the alleged incompliance with the norms and standards of the Russian and Customs Union legislations.
On 4 December the decision was made to lift the ban on the supplies of the Kalinkovichi Meat Factory to Russia. The veterinary services of the two countries agreed on joint checks of the Belarusian enterprises which supplies were restricted. Three groups of Russian specialists arrived in Belarus to check the companies in Brest, Mogilev, Gomel Oblasts and Minsk.
The issue was also discussed by the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) in Moscow on 10 December. According to EEC Council member Sergei Rumas, First Vice Premier of Russia Igor Shuvalov instructed Rosselkhoznadzor to abandon prohibitive measures on the supplies of Belarusian food products and check the companies. On 11 December the ban on the supplies of the Gomel and Zhlobin meat plants and the Vitebsk broiler poultry factory was lifted. The Skidel agricultural company and the poultry factory Rassvet resumed their supplies to Russia on 12 December. Rosselkhoznadzor allowed meat supplies from Bereza Meat Packing Plant and Belovezhskiye Delikatesy as of 15 December 2014.
source: http://eng.belta.by/all_news/economics/Rosselkhoznadzor-lifts-ban-on-two-more-Belarusian-food-suppliers_i_78155.html
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