Russia: Rospotrebnadzor responded to the request of the Italian Ambassador for Parmesan

The responsibilities of Rospotrebnadzor "do not include making changes to the list of sanctioned goods," the department told RBC, commenting on the words of the Italian Ambassador to Russia that Rospotrebnadzor is already studying the issue of removing Parmesan from the blacklist. In an interview with Forbes, Pasquale Terracciano called it a mistake to include Parmesan in the list of products, the import of which to Russia was banned in response to the sanctions imposed by the EU countries. “All these years I insisted that we should make adjustments to the list of counter-sanctions. We are talking about Parmesan cheese, which, in my opinion, was mistakenly included in the package of counter sanctions against fresh products, since it is not fresh cheese, it is lactose free. Now Rospotrebnadzor is studying this issue, ”Terracciano said. At the same time, the Italian Ambassador noted that correcting the mistake would be "a good gesture towards the country, which has always remained ...