Rosselkhoznadzor may impose a ban on import into the Russian Federation of New Zealand chilled meat and fish, said on the sidelines of the forum-exhibition "Golden Autumn", the head of Department Sergey Dankvert.




"We consider the use of restrictive measures regarding products from New Zealand. It concerns fish and meat chilled ", ? news Agency words of the head of Rosselkhoznadzor. Remember, at the end of July, the head of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin at meeting on development of agriculture of the Central non-black earth region said that the Russian Federation When deciding on the abolition of restrictions on the import of products is to pay attention to its quality. Relations between Russia and the West deteriorated in connection with the situation in Ukraine. The EU and the US from point penalties against private individuals and organizations turned to measures against entire sectors of the Russian economy. In response, Russia restricted imports of food items from countries that have imposed against her punishment: USA, EU countries, Canada, Australia and Norway. At the same time Moscow has many times stated that it is not involved in the events in southeastern Ukraine, not a party to domestic conflict and is interested in Ukraine overcame political and economic crisis.

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