Russia suspends imports from Norwegian fish farms

RUSSIA - Russia’s Rosselkhoznadzor Federal Service for Veterinary and Phitosanitary Inspection has suspended imports from a number of Norwegian fish farms from today, according to Russian news agency Itar-Tass.

“After tests of salmon samples from some Norwegian farms, experts found an increased content of such harmful metals as lead and cadmium,” Rosselkhoznadzor chief Sergei Dankvert told Itar-Tass. In one sample, the lead content exceeded the permissible limit by 18 times,it is alleged and cadmium - by 3.7 times.

In a second sample, the contents of lead and cadmium, were exceeded, respectively, by 10 and 2.5 times. A second test verified these results. Imports can only be resumed after a joint inspection conducted by the Russian and Norwegian veterinary services, Itar-Tass reported.

Hans Petter Naes, the director of the Norwegian Seafood Export Council (NSEC), said to Norwegian web site TDN Finans that they are aware of the Russian report and that it seems very strange. He said they are now working on finding out what the true situation was.

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Source: FishUpdate

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