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Russian government to toughen sanctions for concealing animal diseases

  • 17 Sep 10:51

On Tuesday, September 15, the magazine "Veterinary and Life" reported that the Russian government had submitted a bill to the State Duma on increasing the responsibility of economic entities for violating veterinary and sanitary rules. In particular, it is planned to increase the fine for concealing from the state bodies of veterinary supervision the facts of sudden death or mass illness of farm animals and poultry (Article 10.7 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation). An example of this can be the cases of secret burial or removal to unauthorized dumps of pigs killed by ASF in different regions of Russia. In the explanatory note to the bill, it. Read more...

19 tons of Belgian pork detained at the border of the Russian Federation and Latvia

  • 8 May 10:19

Rosselkhoznadzor Office in St. Petersburg, the Leningrad and Pskov regions stopped 14 tons of meat products, which were transported from Belgium to Russia. A wagon was detained at the Ubylinka border checkpoint on the Russian-Latvian border. During the inspection, Rosselkhoznadzor found that there was no record in the veterinary certificate about the meat producing country. There were also no records confirming the absence of African plague in pigs from which imported meat products were made. It is noted that the cargo was returned. Read more...

The head of the Rosselkhoznadzor accused the regions of underreporting animal morbidity data

  • 4 Dec 08:56

The regional authorities of Russia dissemble data on dangerous animal diseases, said Rosselkhoznadzor. This point of view at the first meeting of the permanent anti-epizootic commission under the government of the Russian Federation was expressed by the head of the Russian watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor Sergey Dankvert. "They supervise themselves. And we can`t do the work that is needed to be done and can`t take measures needed. In addition, we have a delay in taking measures and there is a delay associated with concealing diseases," he said. In this regard, Dankvert stressed the need for the transfer of authority to monitor the work of regional veterinary. Read more...