"Ukrainian juice products had not undergone state registration for compliance with the technical regulations of the Customs Union," it said, referring to the trade union of several former Soviet states that Russian President Vladimir Putin had hoped Ukraine would one day join. It said the ban included juice destined for children's fruit drinks.
From Chicago Tribune 31 July 2014 MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's consumer protection watchdog said on Thursday it had stopped imports of Ukrainian juice, Moscow's latest trade ban announced following new Western sanctions over Ukraine. A day after banning imports of fruit and vegetables from Poland in what Warsaw said was retaliation for the sanctions, Russia's Rospotrebnadzor said imports of Ukrainian juice had been suspended on July 29 "to protect the rights of consumers". For full text, Link below http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sn ... ine-crisis-trade-20140731,0,4875012.story ###
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