MOSCOW, May 26 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's food safety
regulator Rosselkhoznadzor is restricting imports from Japan of
pork and pork products that have not undergone special heat
treatment, the regulator said Tuesday.
"In connection with the discovery of H1N1 influenza virus
human cases in Japan, imports to Russia from the Japanese
prefectures of Osaka, Hyogo and Shiga of pigs, pork and
processed products that have not undergone thermal treatment
are banned until further notice," the regulator said.
The regulator said the minimum temperature required for
the treatment of pork products should be 80 degrees Celsius,
with the process lasting no less than 30 minutes.
The ban will be effective for products produced and packed
after May 20.
According to the World Health Organization's latest
update, a total of 12,954 people in 46 countries worldwide have
been officially diagnosed with swine flu with a total of 92
deaths.
According to Tuesday's update, 6,764 people have been
diagnosed with the swine flu virus in the U.S., with 10 deaths.
In Mexico, 4,174 have been diagnosed and 80 have died. In
Canada, there have been 921 cases and one death, and in Costa
Rica there have been 33 cases with one death.
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