Official Letter No. 13-7-36/366 of the Chief Veterinary Inspector of the Russian Federation regarding arrangements for the prevention of trade of undefined cut into pieces, boneless meat.

Chief Veterinary Inspector informs that as a result of inspections and communication from territorial state veterinary inspectors have been registered cases of veterinary expertise at the market places and vending of boneless meat cut in quarters that is flagrant violation of veterinary requirements and standards currently in force. The above-mentioned meat is mostly imported into the cities of the Central Russia from Ukraine, Moldova and Kazakhstan. Chief Veterinary Inspector invites territorial veterinary inspectors to supervise over the application and observance of the Law of the Russian Federation on veterinary medicine, Regulation on State veterinary supervision validated by the Ministerial Decree No. 706 of 19.06.94 and other normative veterinary acts.