Russia bans poultry import from US; Armenia holds additional analysis

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.