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UPDATE 1-Russia consumer safety watchdog sees long U.S. meat ban

February 11, 2013 05:15
* Russia bans imports of U.S. meat from Feb. 11 * The move to jeopardise U.S. meat imports worth $0.5 bln * Producers see protectionism as the move's primary purpose (Adds details, background) MOSCOW, Feb 11 (Reuters) - A Russian ban on U.S. beef, pork and turkey imports coming into effect this month is likely to last for a long time, Gennady Onishchenko, the head of Russia's consumer safety watchdog, was quoted as saying by Interfax on Monday.

UPDATE 4-Russia may block some N. American meat over ractopamine

January 23, 2013 15:45
* Russian watchdog says U.S., Canada violated import rules * Concerns over chilled beef, pork products * Temporary ban could begin Feb. 4 * Russia imports more than $500 mln/yr of US beef, pork * USTR's office: "concerned" about Russia's actions By Melissa Akin and Theopolis Waters
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