Russia will lift the ban on vegetables from the EU on August 8,
Russia-24 reports.
Gennady Onishenko, head of the Federal Service for Oversight of
Consumer Protection and Welfare, said that the ban may be lifted on
August 8. He also said that the import ban on European vegetables from
Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Slovenia and Germany is in force on August
5.
The Federal Service for Oversight of Consumer Protection and Welfare
banned vegetables from Europe on June 2, 2011, due to an intestinal
infection. Vegetable imports started on June 22 only after passing
tests for the E.coli 104 bacterium.
Imports were permitted for Belgium, Greece, Denmark, Spain,
Netherlands, Poland, the Czech Republic, Italy, Hungary and Bulgaria.
Vegetable imports were banned from Egypt on July 6, based on a letter
from the European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy, John
Dalli.
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said on
July 1 that the infection had probably been caused by bean seeds from
Egypt, imported in 2009-2010. Over 50 people died. The seeds were
ordered by a British company and resold to France in 2009.
