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, including those intended for children, has been suspended since July 29, 2014,” Rospotrebnadzor told Interfax on 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.
