Belarus will inform Russia about the measures taken to improve the
control over the quality of agricultural raw materials by the end of the
week, Belarusian Deputy Agriculture and Food Minister, Director of the
Department of Veterinary and Food Control Alexander Subbotin told
reporters on 26 May, BelTA has learned.
“According to the agreements reached on Monday, we are preparing
documents on the measures to strengthen the control over raw materials
and a progress report to develop the information system of electronic
veterinary certification,” Alexander Subbotin said.
“This information will be sent to our Russian colleagues today or
tomorrow. We will be expecting their response within two or three days,”
he said. Alexander Subbotin added that the Russian side promised to
consider lifting the import ban against enterprises after analyzing this
information. “If this does not happen, we will request a new
ministerial meeting,” he said.
According to Rosselkhoznadzor, over 30 Belarusian processing
companies are still subject to import restrictions due to various
reasons.
Written by belta.by
