Belarus hopes to settle problem of milk supplies to RF within week
12:52, 15 June 2009
MINSK. June 15. KAZINFORM The Belarussian Agriculture Ministry hopes to settle the problem of banned supplies of Belarussian milk and dairy products on the Russian market within a week. ?I think that the problem will be settled within a week. The country?s authorities gave instructions to bring all samples of dairy products in the laboratories of the Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Consumers Protection and Welfare within two days,? adviser of the Agriculture Ministry Kazimir Romanovsky said live on the Belarussian television on Sunday, Kazinform refers to Itar-Tass.
According to him, Belarussian milk processing plants focused on the milk processing for making cheese, powdered milk that can be stored for a long time.
On June 6, Russia has imposed a ban on the supplies of about 600 types of milk and dairy products from Belarus, as Belarussian producers had violated the new Russian technical regulations on milk and dairy products, Kazinform cites Itar-Tass. See www.itar-tass.com for full version.