Russia will implement new rules on the import of American poultry meat

Introduction: the Russian Ministry of Agriculture said Friday that Russia will introduce new rules for the import of American poultry meat in two to three months Russia's Ministry of agriculture also announced that it would ban the import of poultry meat from Maine, Virginia, North Carolina and Pennsylvania in the next six months, because poultry meat imported from these States was found to be infected with avian influenza virus Russia announced on April 14 that it had partially lifted the one month import ban on poultry meat from the United States Before that, Russia and the United States had held many consultations on the poultry trade between the two countries The United States made several commitments on the safety of meat to Russia and accepted the comprehensive investigation of the Russian inspection team However, Russia still refuses to import poultry from 14 US manufacturers whose products have been tested to be infected with salmonellosis Russia is a country with a large demand for poultry and meat The annual demand is about 2 million tons, most of which depends on imports Last year alone, Russia imported 1 million tons of poultry from the United States, worth 640 million US dollars In recent two years, Russia has also gradually increased its poultry production Last year, Russia produced 860000 tons of chicken products, an increase of 14% over the previous year Russia plans to further increase poultry production this year (author:) share to feed Weibo share to: