Russia is ready to import poultry from India...

The U.S., which supplied 22% of poultry consumed in Russia last year, was unable to continue imports after January 1, when new sanitary requirements came into force in Russia.

Skrynnik said India, a major poultry producer, has already expressed its readiness to supply its products to Russia, as well as Turkey and Thailand.

"At the moment, actually this week, we found out that we have excessive stocks of poultry products on our farms, so we stopped discussions by now. But, theoretically, if we need poultry, we can buy it from India," she said.

The new regulations, which apply to both imports and meat processed in Russia, state that the amount of chlorine in the solution used for the processing of poultry meat should not exceed the level set for drinking water, 0.3-0.5 milligrams per liter. They also state that the fluid that separates when the meat is defrosted should not exceed 4% of the total weight of the bird.

Chlorine has been used as the primary anti-microbial

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