Russia banned imports of raw vegetables from the European Union on June 2 due to a deadly E.coli outbreak. Moscow later agreed to drop the ban provided it received safety guarantees and has allowed imports from serveral EU nations.
"Yesterday a permit was signed allowing imports from Poland from July 20," consumer protection agency Rospotrebnadzor chief Gennady Onishchenko said, according to Interfax.
The EU, which exported about 600 million euros ($850 million) worth of vegetables to Russia last year, had said the blanket ban was not scientifically justified.
In addition to Poland, Russia has allowed Belgium, Spain, Denmark, Greece, the Czech Republic and the Netherlands to resume vegetable exports to Russia based on safety certificates. (Reuters)
