MOSCOW, April 25 (RAPSI) – Nearly 5,000 tons of sanctioned food products, transported from Belarus, Ukraine and Kazakhstan, were busted in Russia since November 2015, Izvestia newspaper reported on Monday.

According to Izvestia, the Federal Customs Service and Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor) have found banned meat, vegetables and fruits. These services were given right to stop any transport wagon with Belorussian, Kazakh or Ukrainian car numbers.

In August 2014, Russia restricted imports of food products from the countries that imposed sanctions against Russia, including the EU. The ban covers meat, sausage, fish, vegetable, fruit and dairy. In late June, officials decided to extend the embargo until August 5, 2016, and also excluded young oysters and mussels, any cheese and limited non-lactose dairy products.