Belarusian dairy plants accused of supplying fake products to Russia

The executive director of Russia’s association of dairy plants has accused Belarusian companies of supplying bogus products to Russia, BelaPAN reported with reference to the Rossiya television channel.  In an interview broadcast on Sunday, Vladimir Labinov said that Belarusian dairy plants added non-milk fat to their products to cut costs. “And these fake products supplied to the Russian market make it possible to make these dairy products even more cheap,” he said.

The import of the products from Belarus poses a “serious threat” to the development of Russia’s dairy industry, he noted.