Russia Lifted Milk Import Ban on Armenia

Russia has lifted the ban on milk import from Armenia and Kazakhstan.

The official representative of the Russian Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor), Aleksey Alekseenko, said that the lifting of the ban is accounted for by the fact that the countries exporting milk, in this case Armenia and Kazakhstan, have provided Rosselkhoznadzor guarantees that they will watch over the veterinary and sanitary requirements and the delivery security terms demanded by the Russian Federation, reports bfm.ru website.

“Today we can surely say that no infections, such as African plague of pigs or foot-and-mouth disease, will be imported together with dairy products,” said Alekseenko.

Russia had imposed the milk ban on Armenia on August 28, 2007.