EU says Russia's blocking of pork imports 'disproportionate'

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EU says Russia's blocking of pork imports 'disproportionate'

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/eu-says-russia-39-blocking-pork-imports-39-141351051--business.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/2W71FYjyNoILdl8RnbW6NA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-01-31T141351Z_1_CBREA0U13JC00_RTROPTP_2_GERMANY.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Pigs are seen at ecological pig farm in Germering" align="left" title="Pigs are seen at ecological pig farm in Germering" border="0" /></a>The European Union on Friday called on Russia to stop blocking pork exports from the bloc, saying Moscow's reaction to an outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) in Lithuania was &quot;disproportionate&quot;. Although Moscow has not formally announced a full ban, Russia has stopped Danish, Dutch and German trucks carrying pork at its borders since the outbreak was confirmed on January 24, EU officials said. &quot;Our Russian partners are effectively banning exports even from EU Member States that are clearly not affected by the incident,&quot; EU Health Commissioner Tonio Borg said in a statement. &quot;Such a ban is disproportionate.&quot; Russia and Belarus banned Lithuania pork imports shortly after the ASF case was confirmed in two hunted wild boars in the Baltic state last Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>

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