Inspectors of Russia’s Rosselkhoznadzor did not allow the export of about four tonnes of nuts and dried fruits from Russia to Belarus.
The truck carrying the cargo was stopped on 3 March in Russia’s Smolensk region. The driver, a Belarusian citizen, was traveling to Minsk.
During the inspection it was established that the driver did not have phytosanitary certificates for the cargo. According to the markings on the packaging, the products had been produced in countries of both the near and far abroad and shipped from the Moscow wholesale food center Food City, Rosselkhoznadzor reported.
The nuts and dried fruits were sent for examination. Although no harmful quarantine organisms were found, the cargo was banned from export to Belarus and returned to Moscow. The carrier was held administratively liable.