Russia destroys the food covered by the embargo. She began with apples and tomatoes with Polish – Polish Radio

In August 2014, Moscow introduced a ban on food imports from the European Union, as well as from the US, Canada, Australia and Norway, ie. The countries which imposed sanctions on Russia in connection with its involvement in the conflict in Ukraine. At the end of June 2015. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree to extend the embargo for one year – until August 5, 2016 year.

From August 6 spaces decree of President Vladimir Putin, stating that stopped at the border of foods under embargo to be destroyed . Putin’s decree does not apply to foodstuffs intended for personal use. Russia illegally-imported foods should be disposed of as directly at the border and in the interior of the country.

With the proposed destruction of food stopped at the border occurred on Friday Tkachev. The initiative was immediately picked Putin, who instructed the government to take appropriate decisions.

Despite the embargo border guards often stop large amounts of meat, cheese, fruit, vegetables and other products whose importation is prohibited. Destruction of food is to discourage entities that try to bypass the embargo.

On Thursday, from different cities flocked reports of utilization of the detained food. In Smolensk – for example – they began to destroy 55 tons of nectarines, peaches and tomatoes, imported to Russia on the basis of forged documents. And in Belgorod destroyed 9 tons of cheese of unknown origin. However, in St. Petersburg it is utilized batch of illegal pork.

The Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor) controls not only the food imported to Russia only, but also one that already went on sale. In the night from Wednesday to Thursday rally around the shops conducted in the near Moscow Reutowie. Rossielchoznadzoru spokesman Alexei Aleksiejenko reported that detected meat products from Polish and Irish.

“This is of particular anguish because of Polish pork products imported into, and in this country there is African swine fever” – said Aleksiejenko, quoted by the Interfax agency.

The decision of the authorities for recycling food was ambiguously accepted by society. Under lined the internet petition to Putin with a request to repeal the decree and the transmission of seized food for low-income families signed up more than 250 thousand. people.

Official “Vedomosti” described the destruction of food as a “demonstration barbarism” and “challenge to society.”

 
 

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