Russia excludes grape snails from food embargo

The government has removed breeding snails from the list of products, the import of which into the country is prohibited under the food embargo. The corresponding Resolution of the Government of the Russian Federation of February 25, 2021 No. 253 "On Amendments to the Appendix to the Resolution of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 778 dated August 7, 2014" is published on the legal information portal. According to the document, the ban on the import of fish and crustaceans will not apply to breeding grape snails and breeding garden snails if a permit for their import from the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia is presented. The Ministry of Agriculture proposed to withdraw the import of breeding snails from the food embargo in the fall of 2020. According to the department, the best breeding snails are in the Czech Republic, but because of the ban they cannot be imported, and this hinders the development of farms that breed snails. In August 2014, Russia banned the import ...