Russia seeks compromise, not ban on EU meat
MOSCOW - Russia will not ban meat imports from European Union countries on April 1 and is seeking a compromise with Brussels on food safety issues, a spokesman for the country's animal and plant health watchdog said on Thursday.

Russia Meat Prices Slump Due To Oversupply
RUSSIA - Russia's Agriculture Minister, Alexei Gordeyev, has asked President Putin to instruct the government to urgently address problems related to large-scale meat imports into Russia, according to the Interfax news agency.

Russia places temporary ban on minced poultry from Germany
MOSCOW - Russia's food safety watchdog has imposed a temporary ban on minced poultry imports from two German enterprises, the watchdog's press office said Wednesday.

Russia Restricts More Chicken Imports
MOSCOW - Russian agriculture officials said Friday they had restricted imports of more processed chicken products from Brazil and Germany after finding salmonella.

Stavropol Broiler 12 percent rise in production
RUSSIA - Russian poultry producer Stavropol Broiler (affiliated to Agros group) announced its preliminary results for the year 2006.

Kyrgyzstan bans poultry imports from Russian regions
BISHKEK - The Kyrgyz authorities have imposed a temporary ban on the import of poultry products from Russia’s Moscow and Krasnodar regions, where bird flu cases were registered, an official at the Kyrgyz Agriculture, Water Resources and Processing Industry...

Russian meat-processors may raise prices
RUSSIA - Russian meat-processing companies might have to raise prices due to bans on import from U.S., France, Germany, Uruguay, and Brazil, says Good Taste Meatpacking Plant.

Tougher Rules Placed on EU Meat Imports
RUSSIA - Russia, after recalling its animal health inspectors from the European Union, threatened on Friday to suspend meat imports from some EU countries unless Brussels provides additional quality control guarantees.

Bio-terrorism a suspect in Moscow Bird Flu Outbreak - veterinary official
MOSCOW - Bio-terrorism must not be discarded as a cause of an outbreak of bird flu at Moscow's poultry market, but this should be tackled by the Federal Security Service and other law enforcement services," chief veterinary official of the Moscow region,...

H5N1 caused poultry deaths near Moscow: chief epidemiologist
RUSSIA - Russia's chief epidemiologist and the head of the government's food security watchdog confirmed on Friday that the H5N1 strain of bird flu was the cause of poultry deaths in the south of the Moscow Region according to Xinhua.

Bird flu identified on two farms near Moscow, strain unknown
MOSCOW - All poultry farms in the Moscow region have been put under under strict quarantine, following the identification of the bird flu virus at two farmsteads, acting Moscow regional governor Alexei Panteleyev told Itar-Tass.

Russian province begins vaccination of household poultry
VLADIVOSTOK - Russia's Maritime Territory on Thursday began vaccination of household birds against bird flu.

Euroservice on Russian Domestic Poultry Production.
RUSSIA - Igor Kofman, chairman of the board of directors at the Euroservice Meat Corporation in Russia, says that domestic poultry production is likely to account for 70 per cent of the domestic poultry market by 2010, according to the Interfax news ...

Russian Poultry Import Duty Maintained at 2006 Level
RUSSIA - The Russian government has decided to extend the level of import duty on poultry in 2006 to the end of this year, according to the Interfax news agency.

Russia Gives Export License To Chilean Company
RUSSIA - Russia’s state veterinary service, Rosselkhoznadzor, says that four Chilean companies have been given licenses to export poultry to Russia following their inspection by Russian veterinary officials, according to the Interfax news agency.