Russia to Resume Poultry Import From U.S.

Russia has agreed to lift a ban on U.S. chicken after barring it from being imported because of the amount of chlorine used to disinfect the meat. As part of the agreement, the U.S. will publish information on USDA’s website about which disinfectants/pathogen reduction treatments are approved by Russia for processing poultry. Russia was once the largest importer of U.S. chicken, spending $752 million on the meat in 2009. Read the press release. (Related article: Bloomberg Businessweek).