Russia's consumer rights watchdog Rospotrebnadzor has imposed a ban on another group of Ukrainian food exports - cheese-like products.
“Starting from Nov. 13, 2014, Rospotrebnadzor suspends the import of cheese-like products (codes 1516 and 1517 in Russia’s Nomenclature of Goods subject to Foreign Trade) manufactured in Ukraine to the territory of the Russian Federation. Information to that effect has been forwarded to the Federal Customs Service and Rospotrebnadzor’s branches in the regions of the Russian Federation,” the watchdog said in a press release.
Examinations of sandwich spread, its intermediate product and margarine-based solid products (codes 1516 and 1517 in Russia’s Nomenclature of Goods subject to Foreign Trade) delivered to the Russian market from Ukraine uncovered multiple violations of Russia’s consumer rights laws and safety requirements, Rospotrebnadzor said.
Rospotrebnadzor and Russia’s agricultural sector watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor earlier banned almost all food imports from Ukraine, including dairy products, meat, confectionary products and alcohol.
