6 quintals of Italian flour are prohibited from import into the Russian Federation

Suppliers forgot to test flour for a banned pesticide. In FKP Burachki in the Pskov region, officials of the North-Western Interregional Directorate of Rosselkhoznadzor, as part of monitoring the quality and safety of grain and its processed products, identified violations during the import of 600 kg of wheat flour. A batch of cereal products produced in Italy was destined for a Moscow company. During the control and surveillance activities, state inspectors of the department found that the test report for the declaration of conformity does not contain laboratory test results for hexachlorobenzene, which does not meet the requirements of the Technical Regulations of the Customs Union “On Food Safety”. In accordance with the current legislation of the Russian Federation, the import of a batch of soft wheat flour into the territory of the Russian Federation is prohibited. For information Hexachlorobenzene is a chemical compound with the formula C6Cl6, one of 12 persistent organic ...