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Russia to accelerate its fight with deadly herbal smoking mixtures

15:38 15/10/2014 A bill authorizing Russia’s Drug Control Service to ban herbal smoking mixtures at its own discretion will be submitted soon for consideration.

Penalty for selling booze to minors in Russia could be increased tenfold

10:29 14/10/2014 The Russian government has supported a proposal to increase fines for selling alcoholic beverages to minors to 50,000 rubles (over $1,200), reads a statement on its website posted on Tuesday.

McDonald’s wins “burger case” against consumer rights agency

17:50 10/10/2014 The Tverskoi District Court of Moscow ruled against the federal consumer agency in its ban on reopening two McDonald’s outlets in Veliky Novgorod, a RAPSI correspondent reports from courtroom.

Russia’s Supreme Court upholds adoption ban for people with HIV

12:58 23/09/2014 Russia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit which had been filed by a Muscovite seeking to lift a ban on the adoption of Russian children by people with HIV.

Russian senators suggest registering citizens’ consent to organ donation

10:47 22/09/2014 Russia’s Federation Council has proposed adding an entry on deceased organ donation consent to some documents, the list of which is to be determined by the government. The list may include a passport, a drivers’ license or all-in-one card stipulated in the law on the provision of federal and municipal services.

Volgograd court keeps McDonald’s restaurant closed

14:42 19/09/2014 A court in the southern city of Volgograd has ruled that a McDonald’s restaurant which was temporarily closed over sanitary violations can't reopen.

Public Chamber wants to restrict the sale of sweetened drinks to children

10:35 15/09/2014 Vladislav Grib, First Deputy Secretary of Russia’s Public Chamber, has asked Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev to restrict the sale of sugary sweetened drinks to children.

80 civil cases opened after inspections at McDonald’s in Russia

10:53 10/09/2014 Russia’s consumer rights agency Rospotrebnadzor has opened 80 civil liability cases following inspections at McDonald’s restaurants, which revealed that 17% of over 200 food samples did not comply with regulations, Izvestia newspaper writes on Wednesday.

Second McDonald’s restaurant suspended for 80 days in Yekaterinburg

17:30 09/09/2014 A court in Yekaterinburg ruled Tuesday to shut down for 80 days McDonald’s restaurant in the center of the city over sanitary violations.

Court upholds the order to release paralyzed Muscovite Topekhin

14:55 26/08/2014 The Kostroma Regional Court has upheld the lower court's decision to release from prison Vladimir Topekhin, a paralyzed Muscovite who was convicted of fraud and sentenced to 4 years, defense attorney Svetlana Sidorkina told RAPSI on Tuesday.

Russian consumer rights regulator clamps down on American whiskey

08:17 04/08/2014 Russian consumer rights regulator, Rospotrebnadzor, reports that it uncovered violations in the sales o bourbon produced by the American "Barton 1972 Distillery" company, according to the statement posted on the service's website on Monday.

Russian food safety agency to inspect McDonald’s cheese suppliers

14:30 28/07/2014 On July 28, the Russian food safety agency, Rosselkhoznadzor, initiated an inspection of McDonald’s cheese suppliers who are suspected of adding antibiotics to their produce, agency head Sergei Dankvert told Itar-Tass.

Russia could ban some McDonald's burgers

11:47 25/07/2014 McDonald's could be banned from producing a range of burgers and some other products, a representative of the Novgorod Department of the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Protection and Welfare (Rospotrebnaszor) announced at the Tverskoi District Court, court press secretary Yekaterina Korotova told RIA Novosti.

Individuals banned from bringing fruit and vegetables from Ukraine into Russia

16:34 24/07/2014 Russia has approved a ban on individuals bringing fruit and vegetables in hand luggage or packages from Ukraine into Russia, said Alexei Alekseyenko, an assistant to the head of the Russian food safety agency, Rosselkhoznadzor.

Russia introduces fines for illegal abortion

13:56 22/07/2014 President Vladimir Putin has signed a bill on penalties for illegal abortion into law, the Kremlin announced on its website.

Russia bans fruit imports from Moldova

13:39 18/07/2014 Russia’s food safety agency has approved a temporary ban on fruit imports from Moldova, the agency announced on its website.

French restaurants ordered to identify homemade dishes

16:00 16/07/2014 A law has been adopted in France to dissuade the use of factory-made, prepackaged food in restaurants. Restaurateurs will be required to add a small symbol on their menus to identify meals made in-house by the chef: a pan with a roof-shaped lid, Reuters writes.

Mixtures with synthetic cannabinoids are not medicinal products - ECJ

15:58 10/07/2014 The EU Court of Justice in Luxembourg has ruled that the mixtures of herbs containing synthetic cannabinoids consumed as a marijuana substitute are not medicinal products. The court announced its decision in a statement on Thursday.

Russian court orders paralyzed fraud convict’s release from prison

10:36 04/07/2014 The Sverdlovsky District Court in Kostroma on Thursday ordered the release of Vladimir Topekhin, a paralyzed man sentenced to four years in prison for fraud, defense attorney Svetlana Sidorkina told RAPSI.

Russian parliament to consider penalties for illegal abortion

16:32 09/06/2014 On June 18, the State Duma will hold a second reading of a bill on penalties for illegal abortion. The date was proposed by a committee for the Chamber on Constitutional Legislation and State-Building.

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