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04.03.2010
Russia, US Resume Poultry Meat Trade Talks
RUSSIA — Poultry trade talks between the US and Russia have restarted in Moscow with the arrival of the American delgation in Moscow. A US agricultural delegation arrived in Moscow to resume talks on poultry imports, which have been suspended since the beginning of the year. The Federal Consumer Protection Service was to resume talks with the delegation and work toward a resumption of imports, service head Gennady Onishchenko said. «We have carried out comparative analysis of the disinfectants used in the US and Russia, and we came to a conclusion that we have a wide field to move forward [in the forthcoming negotiations],» he told Interfax. Agriculture Minister, Yelena Skrynnik, said last month that US poultry suppliers might revamp their poultry processing methods to meet Russian standards. And First Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov said that Russia would consider giving US suppliers a transition period to meet the standards if they asked for one. Imports were frozen at the beginning of the year after