Russia: Almost all ice cream and cheese producers have joined Honest Sign - Ministry of Agriculture

Published 2021년 5월 18일

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Russia is set to launch a mandatory product labeling system for ice cream and cheese from June 1, 2021. The system, aimed at eliminating shadow turnover of products, will be progressively implemented for other dairy products throughout 2021. Almost all ice cream and cheese producers have registered for this system, with 84% of ice cream producers and nearly all cheese producers already registered. The system will be mandatory for dairy products with a shelf life of more than 40 days starting September 1, and for those with a shorter shelf life from December 1. Farmers who sell their products directly have been granted an extension to December 1, 2022, to adjust to this new system.

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Almost all ice cream and cheese producers have registered in the labeling system, which will start for these categories in Russia from June 1, 2021. This was announced on Tuesday by Vladimir Skvortsov, Deputy Director of the Department of Food and Processing Industry of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation, at the All-Russian Forum on Labeling of Dairy Products. "As of today, almost all producers of cheese and ice cream are registered in the Honest Sign system," Skvortsov said. In turn, Yulia Kuzmina, project manager of the Milk product group, clarified within the framework of the forum that at the moment 84% of ice cream producers, as well as almost 100% of all cheese producers, are registered in the system. "The industry is actively preparing, the dynamics of the joined market participants and the issued labeling codes are growing every week. Currently, 84% of ice cream producers are registered in the system, and almost 100% of all participants in the ...

Source: Milknews