Russian Agency Heads Support On-Site Destruction of Illegal Food Imports
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [ITAR-TASS World Service] - July 29, 2015
YAROSLAVL - The head of the Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-Being (Rospotrebnadzor) Anna Popova supports the on-site destruction of products subject to the Russian food embargo. As she told reporters, there is no other solution to the problem of importing the products subject to the embargo.
"If the one who offers this product is conscientious, he will be conscientious in fulfilling all the requirements, all the laws to the end and will not import the products, which cannot be imported, or try to find a loophole. You cannot do that, and this ban is beneficial," Popova said.
Russian Agriculture Minister Alexander Tkachev proposed destroying items subject to the food embargo on July 24. President Vladimir Putin instructed his staff to study the issue. Putin susequently agreed with the proposition of the Agriculture Minister.
"Let’s agree to the Minister’s proposition," he said at the government meeting...
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