Russkies nuke Polish cukes

16th July 2011

Russia has yet to lift the ban on Polish vegetables

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Polish farmers are still facing an embargo on sales of vegetables to Russia, leading some here to cry foul. This week the Rospotrebnadzor, the Russian Consumer Affairs Authority, lifted bans on Greece and the Czech Republic to add to earlier concessions to Belgium, Holland, Spain and Denmark, but Poland has yet to convince its giant neighbour about the safety of its cucumbers. On June 2 Russia blocked all imports of fresh vegetables from EU countries in response to fears over the wave of EHEC poisonings in Germany.

Last Friday agriculture minister Jaroslaw Wojtowicz said at a press conference in Moscow that he hoped the import embargo on Polish vegetables would be lifted this week, once t ...

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