EU Welcomes Russia's Ending of Temp Import Reqs for EU Vegetables
The European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy has stated that he welcomes the decision by Russia to cancel the temporary import requirements for fresh European Union vegetables that was imposed due to the outbreak of E. Coli in Germany.…
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The decision implements the political agreement reached between Presidents Barroso and Medvedev in June 2011, which provided, among other things, that the temporary certification system introduced for the imports of fresh EU vegetables would be applied up to 10 days after no new human case linked to E. Coli O104 was reported by EU Member States. The last case was reported on July 27, 2011.