Russia lifts ban on imports of Polish fish, meat, poultry and dairy products

Beginning yesterday Poland could once again export fish, poultry, meat, and dairy products to Russia. The import ban was imposed two weeks ago in fear of foot-and-mouth disease, and included the import of food products from third countries delivered by sea and then by transit via Poland and the Baltic States to Russia. According to National Veterinarian Dr. Andrzej Komorowski, Poland's likelihood of avoiding foot-and-mouth disease results from the fact it did not import, directly or indirectly, sheep from Great Britain. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 19), M.T.