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Moscow - The Russian sanitation authorities are lifting the embargo on cheese deliveries by two more Ukrainian manufactures - Pyriatyn cheese plant and Dubnomoloko, Russian Chief Sanitation Doctor Gennady Onishchenko told Interfax on Friday, May 18.

"Today we will issue a positive opinion in relation to supplies from the two facilities," he said.

On Thursday, May 17 Rospotrebnadzor consumer rights watchdog allowed the first two Ukrainian manufacturers – Hadiachsyr and Prometei – to resume exporting cheese to the Russian market, following the results of laboratory tests.

Onishchenko said that on Friday Rospotrebnadzor is giving the green light to the delivery of some 10 shipments of cheese from Pyriatyn cheese plant and Dubnomoloko.