Russian agro-industrial organisation Miratorg has invested over RUB75 million ($1.3m) to improve quality control at its. Read more...
Foreign online retailers account for a third of the Russian market, with China the leading company overall. Experts say Chinese retailers might soon drive Russian companies out of the market if this trend continues. Chinese online retailer Aliexpress became the most popular online store in Russia. Source: Sergei Konkov/TASS Russia’s total retail e-commerce sales reached 920 billion rubles ($15.7 billion) in 2016, up 20 percent from the previous year, according to astudy(in Russian) by the Association of Online Retail Companies (AKIT), which unites the country’s largest e-commerce retailers. AKIT estimates the market will top 1 trillion rubles. Read more...
By the end of 2016 the poultry industry in Russia was rocked with several huge outbreaks ofavian influenza(AI), which forced manufacturers to cull hundreds of thousands of birds. And a large-scale epidemic is feared, similar to the one that took place in 2006 and that brought huge losses to the poultry industry. However, this time consequences could be much more serious, since AI returned to the country just at breaking point, when the industry stopped its 10-year growth. In late November Russian consulting agency SovEcon issued a report, saying that in the third quarter of 2016 the country’s poultry industry for the first time in a decade showed zero growth.. Read more...
Lab-grown meat producer Memphis Meats has announced the production of the world’s first. Read more...
IT technology, organic produce and health tourism could be the main beneficiaries of Russia's effort to foster its status as an exporter country, say experts and market players. A girl examines a T-shirt, a part of the Russian Olympic team uniform, GUM, Moscow. Source: Evgeny Biyatov/RIA Novosti Vnesheconombank and the Roscongress Foundation, which is responsible for organizing the country's main investment forums, agreed on the joint promotion of Russian exports under the "Made in Russia" brand. The agreement, reached during the Russian Investment Forum in Sochi on Feb. 27, provides for advertising, marketing, branding and communications. Read more...
The country's veterinary authorities have reported an outbreak of African swine fever in Soroca.The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) received an immediate notification on Friday, 10 March. The outbreak was initially observed on 6 March and confirmed on 10 March after areal-time PCR test was carried out at theRepublican Center for Veterinary Diagnosis. According to the OIE, ina backyard with seven fattening pigs of around 100 kg each (seven months old), six pigs died from 6 to 9 March 2017 and the owner notified the Competent Authority on 8 March. Six of the affcted animals had typical signs of African swine fever (anorexia, increased temperature and. Read more...
Russia’s largest retailers, including Magnit and Auchan, have enhanced biosecurity controls over poultry production due to the recent outbreaks of avian influenza. Read more...
Russia’s State Duma, the lower chamber of the country’s Parliament has registered a bill proposing limitations on the number of poultry in so-called backyard farms. According to the legislators, these types of farms are not subjected to the common veterinary control, because they are producing meat, milk and poultry only for personal consumption of the owners. However, because of the lack of safety these farms pose a serious threat to the country’s poultry industry in general, amid the continuing spread of veterinary diseases, including highly pathogenicavian influenza(AI), the country’s officials warn. A woman feeds chicken in her flat on. Read more...
Russian meat company Miratorg wants to see its export revenue rise to as much as $100m this year, and a major product push at a Chinese trade show is underway. Read more...
The European Commission will pursue actions within its remit to improve the welfare of livestock shipped to non-EU countries, after an undercover investigation allegedly showed member state animals. Read more...
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