Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Rosselkhoznadzor has again permitted imports of tomatoes from six Uzbek ventures, starting March 3. The imports were approved under the guarantee of the State Inspectorate for Plant Quarantine under the Cabinet of Ministers of Uzbekistan, as well as on the basis of laboratory test results proving the tomatoes from six companies – from the Kashkadarya and Navoi regions- do not have tomato brown rugose fruit virus.
The Russian Federation banned the import of tomatoes from these regions in December 2020, after the tomato brown rugose fruit virus was detected.