Chickpea and sesame consignments from India probed by Russia

India produces many varieties of both chickpeas and sesame seeds and is an important source of income for farmers and the state budget. There are fans in Russia of these Indian goods, as they are considered beneficial to health, but now control over the quality of exports will be strengthened on March 19 Rosselkhoznadzor held talks with the head of the Trade Department of the Indian Embassy in Russia Vrindaba Gohil and the deputy head of the Economic and Commercial Department of the Embassy Anand Shankar Rosselkhoznadzor expressed concern due to the fact that two consignments of sesame seeds and one consignment of chickpeas came to Russia from India over the past month, accompanied by invalid phytosanitary certificates. The documents were recognized as such because they were accompanied by fake attachments. In all three cases, the Rosselkhoznadzor sent official letters to Indian colleagues asking them to verify the authenticity of the documents. In response, the Indian side sent ...