Moscow - The Russian consumer protection watchdog Rospobtrebnadzor has banned imports of juice from Ukraine to Russia.
“With the purpose of protecting consumers’ rights, the importation of
Ukrainian juice products, to the Russian Federation territory,
including those intended for children, has been suspended since July 29,
2014,” Rospotrebnadzor told Interfax on Thursday, July 31.
The information on the ban on imports of Ukrainian juice has been
forwarded to the Federal Customs Service and to Rospotrebnadzor’s
regional divisions, it said.
It has been found out that Ukrainian juice products have not
undergone state registration for compliance with the
Belarusian-Kazakh-Russian Customs Union’s technical regulations, while
its labels bear the EAC sign indicating that it can be circulated on the
Customs Union markets.
Rospotrebnadzor had earlier banned imports of confectionary produced
by the Ukrainian corporation Roshen, Ukrainian-made cheese, canned
fruits and vegetables, and canned fish.
Rospotrebnadzor chief Anna Popova said on July 23 that the agency had a lot of questions about Ukrainian food products.
The Russian agricultural watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor had suspended imports of milk and dairy products from Ukraine on July 28.
Russia has also banned imports of horticultural products from Ukraine in cabin baggage, checked baggage, and in parcels.
