Russia's Rospotrebnadzor Director Gennady Onishchenko said the ban imposed by his agency on Ukrainian sweets Roshen is not politically motivated.
“Previously, cheese was a sensitive issue. It is not forgotten. Now
there is a new issue. They won’t find any political component, no matter
how much they yell and look. We are talking about quality, which is
below the stated standards,” Onishchenko told reporters on Wednesday.
Onishchenko said on Monday the Russian sanitary services had banned
the supply to Russia of products manufactured by the confectionary
corporation Roshen.
On July 11, Onishchenko told Interfax the Russian sanitary services
had a problem with the quality of confectionary products supplied from
Ukraine.
