Onishchenko sees no reason to lift the ban on the supply of U.S. meat containing ractopamine

Head of Epidemiology, the chief state sanitary doctor of the Russian Federation Gennady Onishchenko said that the reason to lift the ban on supplies to Russia from the U.S. meat with ractopamine is not.

"Why should the ban be lifted? You can import only meat that is free of ractopamine, "- said Onishchenko," Interfax ".

He said the United States did not provide evidence that muscle growth stimulant ractopamine is safe. "We put a scientific rationale. No evidence has been submitted to us. According to the political line is movement, but it nesoderzhatelnoe ", - said the head of Epidemiology.

"As for the substance of the matter, then there is no dialogue. We have to get the evidence, which will remove all our doubts, "- said Onishchenko.

Earlier Tuesday, Rosselkhoznadzor said it has no plans to shoot in April introduced a ban on meat imports from several companies in Canada because of their use of ractopamine.

In February, Russia imposed a ban on the supply of almost all American red meat. Such a measure, as stated in the Rosselkhoznadzor and the Federal Service, due to the fact that the United States is used in the production of meat ractopamine, which is unsafe.