Russia banned the import of peanuts from the United States – RBC

The Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Supervision has banned the import of peanuts of America May 1, 2015. Restrictions are imposed before entering clarifications from the American side of the content in excess of heavy metal cadmium nuts.

The phone agency Tass reported that the letter will be prepared for the day after the meeting with the head of service Sergey Dankvert. His ministry intends to consult with the US fitosluzhboy.

In early April, Rosselkhoznadzor said that the factory “Rot Front” from the United States received 25 tons of peanuts with content harmful to human health. It was reported that permission GOST norm of heavy metal in the US peanuts was exceeded in half – instead of the allowable of 0.1 milligrams per kilogram of peanuts each contained 0.15 milligrams of cadmium. Head of Service also instructed the territorial offices to inspect every batch of the product.

A few days after this Dankvert warned that supplies of peanuts from the United States may be completely prohibited. He explained that this will happen if narushniya will be revealed in the future. A few days ago, April 28, Rosselkhoznadzor said that the party of the American Peanut weighing 50 tons seized at the border of Russia, was again found an excess of the proportion of cadmium.

In August 2014 the Russian authorities have banned the import of some goods US, EU, Canada, Australia and Norway. The embargo was imposed on the supply of milk and milk products, cheese, cottage cheese, based on vegetable fats, sausages and similar products of meat, vegetables, root crops, fruits, fish and crustaceans, molluscs. The ban was introduced for one year.

In March this year the Ministry of Agriculture, said the possibility of easing the embargo in the near future. It was noted that there may be allowed to be imported from Greece, Hungary and Cyprus.