Since January 18, Rosselkhoznadzor imposes restrictions on deliveries of tomatoes and peppers from the Almaty and Aktobe regions of Kazakhstan to Russia due to the detection of viruses in them, the department said.
"The Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Supervision from January 18, 2021, prohibits delivery to Russia of fruits of tomatoes and peppers from Almaty and Aktobe regions of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Previously, the Tomato brown wrinkle fruit virus (ToBRFV) was detected in fresh tomatoes entering Russia from the above Kazakh regions - object, for which Rosselkhoznadzor imposed a temporary quarantine phytosanitary measure," the message reads.
On December 21, Rosselkhoznadzor sent a notification to the Committee of State Inspection in the Agroindustrial Complex of the Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan on the identification of dangerous viruses in products.
On December 28, in the course of negotiations, the Russian agency additionally notified the Kazakh side about the situation and asked to provide the results of the investigation and information about the measures taken to prevent the supply of products infected with dangerous viruses to Russia. However, as stated in Rosselkhoznadzor, so far there has been no reaction from the Kazakh side.
"Restrictions on the supply of tomatoes and peppers from two regions of Kazakhstan are imposed in order to prevent the entry and spread of brown wrinkled tomato fruits in Russia," Rosselkhoznadzor concludes.
GSV "Russia - Islamic World"
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Based on materials from TASS