Starting from 7 December, Russia tightened its sanitary controls on agricultural and food products imported into its territory from Belarus, as reported by Sergei Dankwert, head of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Supervision.
He also announced that Belarusian food companies re-exporting to Russia will be required to produce the original phytosanitary inspection certificates on the basis of which they issued a permit allowing the product to enter the markets of the Eurasian Economic Union, including Russia.