Russia to Lift Ban on U.S. Poultry Imports Next Monday

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Russia to Lift Ban on U.S. Poultry Imports Next Monday

Russia has decided to lift the import ban on U.S. poultry next Monday, Agricultural Ministry officials said Saturday.

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Russia has decided to lift the import ban on U.S. poultry next Monday, Agricultural Ministry officials said Saturday.

The Russian government made the decision after studying documents presented by the American side in line with a Russian-U.S. protocol signed last month, the officials said.

Russia stopped issuing import licenses for U.S. poultry on March 1 and slapped a full ban on imports of the meat as of March 10, citing concerns about sanitary conditions in U.S. plants and the use of antibiotics and feed additives in American chickens.

Last month, U.S. Ambassador Alexander Vershbow and Russia's chief veterinary inspector, Mikhail Kravchuk, signed a 12-point protocol outlining steps to be taken to end the ban by April 10. However, Russian officials said then that they were still reviewing the information provided by the U.S. officials.

Russian veterinary officials said Saturday that they had finished reviewing the documents and concluded that all 12 points had been fulfilled, paving the way for imports to resume on Monday.

Chicken is the top American export to Russia, bringing in 600 to 700 million U.S. dollars a year to producers in 38 U.S. states.

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