The Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation explained why Parmesan will not be withdrawn from food counter-sanctions

Published 2021년 7월 19일

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The article explores the efforts to exclude Italian parmesan cheese from Russia's food embargo, imposed due to anti-Russian sanctions. The Italian Ambassador to Russia discussed the possibility of excluding Parmesan, a dairy product, given that it is lactose-free, with Russian authorities. However, the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia has ultimately decided against removing Parmesan from the embargo, citing technical regulations that require dairy products to have no more than 0.1 gram of lactose per liter to be considered lactose-free. The decision was based on the production technology of hard cheeses, which involves fermenting lactose, and the specific production process of Parmesan, which accelerates this fermentation, making it impossible to classify the cheese as lactose-free. This decision reflects the ongoing food counter-sanctions by Russia against countries imposing anti-Russian sanctions, with the current sanctions scheduled to end by the end of 2021.

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Italian parmesan cannot be withdrawn from the food embargo of the Russian Federation, since the production technology does not allow such cheese to be considered completely lactose-free in accordance with the requirements of the EAEU technical regulations, the press service of the Ministry of Agriculture said. Italian Ambassador to Russia Pasquale Terracciano earlier in an interview with RIA Novosti said that the idea of excluding Parmesan from food counter-sanctions had been discussed with the Russian authorities. According to him, lactose-free products are not prohibited from being imported into the Russian Federation, and parmesan itself does not contain lactose. However, so far a negative decision has been made on this issue. The Ministry of Agriculture confirmed that the ministry has considered the possibility of registering Italian parmesan as a lactose-free food product. The department indicated that, according to the technical regulations on the safety of ...

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