June 19, 2007

Russia limits meat supplies from Europe, South Korea

Russia momentarily limits meat supplies from Belgium, Denmark from the as well as fish products from Iceland and South Korea due to a recent 60-tonne shipment which was found to contain harmful substances from these countries.

In particular, the Russian Ministry of Veterinary and Phytosanitary Supervision has arrested 2 tonnes of Belgian pork by-products contaminated with salmonella, a tonne of French chicken meat  with listeria monocytogenes , 21 tonnes of Danish pork fat containing various pathogens , 2.4 tonnes of Korean flying fish caviar with mercury and 32 tonnes of Icelandic capelin caviar also with listeria monocytogenes.