In the “milk and cheese war” between Russia and Lithuana, Rospotrebnadzor, Russia’s consumer rights service, today set out conditions for lifting a ban on imports of Lithuanian dairy products, writes The Baltic Course with reference to the news agency ELTA and RIA Novosti.
Rospotrebnadzor said in a statement that a group of its experts had formulated a series of requirements for the Lithuanian dairy importers, after spending five days in the country during which they familiarised themselves with the state regulation of the dairy industry in Lithuania.
For the ban to be lifted, Lithuania must establish why phthalates were discovered in its dairy products, ensure the contents of its dairy products conforms to what is indicated on the label, translate technical documents about dairy products’ manufacturing into Russian, consider Russian demands about tagging, take measures to increase the responsibilities of dairy producers, and enable sharing of information about violations discovered during laboratory testing, Rospotrebnadzor said.
Russia’s ban on Lithuanian dairy products, which was introduced earlier this month, has been condemned by the European Union, and Vilnius has threatened to refer Russia to the World Trade Organisation over the issue.
Source: The Lithuanis Tribune