July 20, 2010

 

Russia allows resumption of US poultry imports

Moscow and Washington have reached an agreement to resume US poultry meat supplies to the Russian market in September, Russian Chief Health Inspector Gennady Onishchenko said.

 

The two parties have already exchanged official documents stipulating US readiness to modify its poultry processing technology to continue deliveries of chlorine-free chicken meat to Russia.

 

According to Gennady Onishchenko, supply resumption will be possible only after specialists of Rospotrebnadzor carry out inspections at the US poultry processing factories. On January 1, 2010, Russia introduced new sanitary regulations imposing a ban on the import of chlorine-treated chickens.