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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.

Sheremetyevo Airport to close down smoking areas on court order

15:50 03/06/2014 A Moscow Region court has ruled that smoking areas at Sheremetyevo Airport, one of Europe’s 20 largest airports, should be closed, the Prosecutor General’s Office announced on its website on Tuesday.

Unsanitary sandwiches fine imposed on Burger King subsidiary upheld

11:46 15/05/2014 The Ninth Commercial Court of Appeals upheld the fine imposed on “Burger Rus” company which is a subsidiary of one of the largest worldwide fast food chains, Burger King, for the above limit amount of microorganisms in company’s sandwiches, the court told RAPSI on Thursday.

Russian lawmakers review ban on online retail sale of alcohol

16:16 25/04/2014 Lawmaker Viktor Zvagelsky has submitted a bill to the State Duma to prohibit the online retail trade of alcohol, his press service announced. In September 2013, the Federal Service for Alcohol Market Regulation proposed amending the law on the state regulation of the production and marketing of alcohol and the law on information to prohibit the online sale of alcohol and surrogate alcohol.

EU turns to WTO to challenge Russian ban on pork imports

17:49 08/04/2014 The European Union initiated a dispute in the World Trade Organization (WTO) challenging Russia’s ban on EU pork imports, the European Commission has announced on Tuesday.

Consumer protection watchdog suggests tougher penalty for vague GMO marking

16:37 08/04/2014 The Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Protection and Welfare (Rospotrebnadzor) suggests toughening the penalty for unclear GMO (genetically modified organism) marking on food products through a bill published on the provisional legislation website Tuesday.

Criminal case opened after Russian cheese factory employees' milk bath

10:30 04/04/2014

Russian cheese factory closed for 40 days after employees bathe in milk

11:51 03/04/2014 A court has ordered the temporary shutdown of an Omsk cheese factory after employees posted online a photo of themselves bathing in milk, RIA Novosti reported.

Burger King subsidiary appeals unsanitary sandwiches fine

17:45 02/04/2014 The Moscow Commercial Court has registered an appeal by “Burger Rus” company which is a subsidiary of one of the largest worldwide fast food chains, Burger King, against the fine imposed on “Burger Rus” for the above limit amount of microorganisms in company’s sandwiches.

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