German malt did not reach the Pskov brewery in Russia
Barley Malt
Wheat Malt
Russia
Germany
Published Oct 17, 2022
Tridge summary
In the Leningrad region, officials of the Rosselkhoznadzor Administration banned the import of German malt, which was coming from Latvia
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In the Leningrad region, on the Russian-Estonian section of the state border of the Russian Federation at the Ivangorod checkpoint, an official of the North-Western Interregional Directorate of Rosselkhoznadzor banned the import of more than 23 tons of barley and wheat malt. Imported German quarantine products followed by road from Latvia to the address of the Pskov brewery. During the documentary control, the state inspector found that the test reports for the declarations of conformity do not contain information on laboratory tests for the presence of GMOs and the carcinogen nitrosamine in the malt. Thus, it was found that the batches of barley and wheat malt do not comply with the Technical Regulations of the Customs Union “On food safety. The import of 23 tons of malt into the territory of the Russian Federation is prohibited. For reference Nitrosamines are a group of toxic carcinogens that are found in food products and are formed as a result of culinary processing, violation ...
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