Armenia follows Russia’s suit, bans vegetables import from Europe

Armenia follows Russia’s suit, bans vegetables import from Europe

June 3, 2011 – 18:54 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – Following Russia’s suit, Armenia banned the import
of vegetables from Europe due to enteric infection outbreak, according
to Armenian Agriculture Minister. As Sergo Karapetyan told a news
conference in Yerevan, despite the ban, European vegetables have never
been imported to Armenia, consequently, no deficit on the market is
expected, with local manufacturers producing enough vegetables to meet
internal demand.

On June 2, Russia has extended its ban on vegetable imports to allof
the EU in a bid to prevent a deadly European bacterial outbreak from
spreading into the country. Researchers are still unable to pinpoint
the cause of the E coli outbreak that has hit Germany and other
European countries, infecting 1,500 people and leaving 17 people dead.