RUSSIA BANS POULTRY IMPORT FROM US; ARMENIA HOLDS ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS

Panorama.am
16:13 12/01/2010

Russian "Vedomosti" published yesterday that Russia banned importing
of American poultry from 1 January. Panorama.am requested Agriculture
Ministry to find out the local situation. Arthur Varjapetyan from
the Agriculture Ministry told that nothing dangerous or extraordinary
was recorded during busy Christmas holidays. "Regarding the poultry
imported from Brazil, we haven’t recorded anything dangerous to stop
their import," A. Varjapetyan said. Taking into account the alarm from
Russia, Varjapetyan said, they are going to hold additional analysis.