source: Rosselkoznadzor
In region of Kurgan, on the border with Kazakhstan, 2.5 tonnes of apples were destroyed by the inspection service. The shipment was found in a truck en route from Moscow to Krasnoyarsk. According to the inspection the labels on the boxes were destroyed, but the pallets betrayed the country of origin: Poland. The inspection destroyed the 2497 kilos of apples at the local dump.
source: Rosselkoznadzor
Slightly further to the west, on the same border with Kazakhstan, in the region of Orenburg, the wholesale market at Petrovsky was inspected. Here the inspection found a party of apples which, upon closer inspection, turned out to be from Poland. The papers were lacking for the party, but the damaged labels and the pallet pointed to a Polish origin for the 553.5 kilos of apples. As the import of these apples is forbidden, the party was mechanically destroyed.
source: Rosselkoznadzor
A party of Kazakh melons and watermelons never arrived at their destination in the region of Orenburg. During transport the three trucks were stopped, and the 20 tonnes of watermelons and 3 tonnes of melons were inspected. Their papers turned out not to be in order. Under the watching eye of the authorities the trucks were led to the border; return to sender.
source: Rosselkoznadzor
Earlier this week a party of 165 tonnes of melons and 20,015 tonnes of peaches from Kazakhstan was stopped. The fruit was en route to Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk, Kemerovo, Novokuznetsk and Vladivostok. During the phytosanitary check it turned out that the labels on the packaging were lacking, which meant that the name of product, country of origin, the exporter and/or re-exporter were unknown. The fruit was sent back to Kazakhstan.
During an inspection of a party of oranges from Egypt in the port of Novorossiysk, the Mediterranean fruit fly was found. This phytosanitary discretion resulted in an import ban on the 25 tonnes of oranges.