Citing health concerns, Russia on Monday announced new sanctions on meat products from the European Union, widening its restrictions on Western food products.
Its federal supervisory agency for agriculture, the Rosselkhoznadzor, said “temporary restrictions” will go into effect Tuesday on European beef and pork offal – the entrails and internal organs such as liver and kidneys – as well as beef, pork and chicken fat.
The agency said it imposed the ban because “banned and harmful substances,” including antibiotics, had been found in these meat products and byproducts. It did not identify the other substances.
Earlier this year, Russia had imposed restrictions on …read more
Source: Voice of America
