Due to detention of more than 270 ton consignment of poultry meat (produced by LLC “Kurinoe Tsarstvo”, Lipetsk Oblast) in the port of Damietta (Egypt) on November 15, 2016 on the grounds of product non-compliance with Egyptian safety requirements upon the initiative of the Rosselkhoznadzor its specialists including those who are responsible for laboratory control visited Cairo on January 23-24, 2017.
In the course of the visit talks with the heads of Egyptian General Organization for Veterinary Service under the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation took place. The Egyptian colleagues clarified that control of animal products imported to Egypt is carried out by several services, i.e. Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, Ministry of Health and Ministry of Trade and Industry. In order to resolve the issues related to import of Russian products to Egypt it was agreed to harmonize the protocol regulating deliveries of animal products from the Russian Federation to the Arab Republic of Egypt before the end of the first quarter of 2017.
Sources: http://www.fsvps.ru
Author: Anna Dorozhkina