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Meat suppliers group slammed for horsemeat secrecy

By Rick Pendrous

The Association of Independent Meat Suppliers (AIMS) has been criticised by the chief executive of the Food Standards Agency (FSA) for refusing to share precise details about a recent incident of horsemeat contamination in a shipment of beef.

Belarus restricts Spanish and Korean imports over bird flu

By Vladislav Vorotnikov

Belarus has temporarily restricted the import of poultry from South Korea and Spain because of recent outbreaks of avian influenza reported in these countries, the Ministry of Agriculture of Belarus has announced.

Customs Union changes its meat import quota policy

By Vladislav Vorotnikov

The Russian government has approved the introduction of a more flexible mechanism for meat import quotas among the countries of the Customs Union – a move that has been repeatedly demanded by Belarus and Kazakhstan.