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Russia’s Sprats No Better Than Sprats of Latvia
Food and Veterinary Service of Latvia has spotted excessive content of benzopyrene in sprats of Russia’s producers. But Russia's Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Control Service (Rosselkhoznadzor) stopped the sale of Latvian canned fish exactly on benzopyrene excess.
When examining sprats of two Russian producers, Food and Veterinary Service of Latvia revealed material excess of benzopyrene, Latvian Telegraph reported Thursday referring to Arnolds Babris, board chairman of Brivais Vilnis. Brivais Vilnis is one of the enterprises, which product has been banned for sale in Russia.
On October 20, Rosselkhoznadzor imposed a temporarily ban on canned fish of two Latvian enterprises, Gamma-A and Brivais Vilnis. The black list was widened in a week, once Russia’s Federal Service on Consumer Rights Supervision (Rospotrebnadzor) checked Moscow supermarkets.
The sale of over 45,000 cans with fish of Latvian producers has been terminated in Moscow, Rospotrebnadzor announced yesterday.
The annual capacity of Russia’s market of canned fish (less caviar) is estimated at between 800,000 tons and 900,000 tons. The import stands at 300,000 tons. Of it, the Baltic States account for 62 percent. The key suppliers are ten enterprises of Latvia and a few enterprises in Estonia.
www.kommersant.com
All the Article in Russian as of Nov. 10, 2006
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