Chlorine-chicken ban sparks price rises in Russia

摘要

Russia's ban on poultry imports treated with chlorine has resulted in a rise in domestic chicken prices, according to market experts and importers.Unless the problem is resolved soon, Russia is expected to see a shortage of poultry in early March as imports from the United States come to a halt (see FCN Jan. 18, Page 21). "There has been no interruption in supplies so far. Ships are being unloaded, but the amount is going to fall," Yevgeniy Kogan, board chairman of the Food Trade Group, a distributor of meat and produce to supermarkets, told the Interfax news service.