Sergey Dankvert, head of Russia’s Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor), was quoted by ITAR-TASS as having said that over the course of several days the agency has recorded apples, peaches, plums and tomatoes that were delivered through Belarus with no documents to confirm their place of origin, or the products had papers indicating they were from Turkey, Serbia, Macedonia or African countries.
“Several countries of the European Union began sending products to Belarus, with no indication of its real country of origin. They write, for example, it is from Macedonia, and it is clear to us, that it is from Poland or Greece; therefore, there is no evidence that it from Macedonia”, Dankvert said.
He also said that in such a situation, the responsibility for checking the phytosanitary security rests with Belorussian specialists.