1-14 news: Putin warns U.S. poultry industry to observe Russian safety rules
"If some foreign suppliers do not want, or are unable to observe our safety demands, then we will have to use other sources (of supply)," Putin said, according to the New York Times. "One should not look for any political issues behind this," he told a meeting on prospects of Russian poultry breeding held in a village in northwestern Russia.
Russia banned all poultry products that were treated with chlorine, which is a common practice in the United States. The U.S. shipped $800 million worth of poultry products to the country in 2008. Meetings between the two countries are due to start soon.