Russia destroys 17K tons of sanctioned food over two years


Since August 2015, Russia has destroyed about 17,000 tons of food from countries that were put under the Russian food embargo. Most of these products made it into Russia through Belarus.

Mostly plant products were dumped and smashed (16,400 tons), but nearly 500 tons of foods of animal origin were destroyed as well, news agency Interfax reports.

The most serious measures aimed at identifying sanctioned products are taken in Bryansk, Smolensk regions Tver and Pskov regions located on the border with Belarus, ‘through which most attempts to smuggle prohibited goods’, Russian veterinary and phytosanitary watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor told Interfax.

On 29 July 2015, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree that enacted incinerating agricultural products that are prohibited from being imported into Russia.

Belarusian companies gained notoriety for purchasing food products ‘made in the EU’, ‘editing’ some inscription on their packages and then delivering them to Russia which took retaliation measures against the bloc for its sanctions list and support of Ukraine.

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