Kefir burden: Dairy producers fear a disruption in the supply of foreign sourdough

Russian dairy producers fear that they may lose foreign supplies of sourdough, which is used to make sour cream, cottage cheese and other dairy products. Dependence on imports, according to domestic companies, is 80%. It is not yet clear whether factories in the Russian Federation will be able to completely replace European products. If their resources are not enough, the production of milk will be reduced, producers say. State assistance could change the situation, Sergei Lisovsky, a member of the State Duma Committee on Agrarian Issues, said in a letter to the Minister of Agriculture Dmitry Patrushev. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Agriculture told Izvestiya that domestic enterprises had sufficient stocks of raw materials and components. At the same time, the import of ingredients for the production of certain types of dairy products in the Russian Federation continues, and the emerging logistical difficulties are solved by searching for alternative suppliers and changing import ...