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Russia bans imports of canned fruits and vegetables from Ukraine
Russian Rospotrebnadzor consumer rights watchdog has banned imports of canned fruits and vegetables from Ukraine.
The watchdog has revealed repeated violations of Russian legislation on protection of consumer rights by several Ukrainian companies producing canned food.
Products were incorrectly labelled while the weight fraction, as well as the share of fats, proteins, carbohydrates, vitamin C, microelements and salt did not correspond to those written on the label.
The watchdog warned on July 23 that it would have to restrict the imports of all the foodstuffs from Ukraine if the government in Kiev failed to adopt the requirements of the Eurasian Customs Union (Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia) to the quality of imported European products before the signing of an agreement on Ukraine’s association with the EU.