Rosselkhoznadzor found Polish pears under cover of Belarusian carrots

The Rosselkhoznadzor stopped an attempt to import sanctioned plant products of Polish origin from Belarus, having found, as a result of phytosanitary control of four vehicles, boxes of pears under bags of fresh carrots from Belarus, the ministry said. "The Rosselkhoznadzor is concerned about the next cases of violation of the legislation of the EAEU and the Russian Federation when importing fruit and vegetable products from the Republic of Belarus," the message says. The products themselves were accompanied by Belarusian phytosanitary certificates, and there was a label on the fruit boxes, according to which the country of origin of pears is Poland. "The revealed fact speaks of inaccurate certification of regulated articles during their shipment from the territory of Belarus," the department emphasizes. The total weight of Polish pears is 41.8 tons. They will be destroyed along with carrots as part of the execution of the presidential decree "On certain ...