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The Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan reports that the Republic of Tatarstan for March of this year entered the top five in terms of work with the Mercury electronic veterinary certification system.

Today, the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan held a meeting of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Supervision of the Russian Federation on the basis of the activities of the service for the first half of 2019.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Food of Tatarstan reports that milk in consumer packs, yoghurts, kefir and some types of cheese will be included into the electronic veterinary certification system "Mercury" from November 1, 2019, and part of dairy products will go into system from July 1. This is stated in the order of the Ministry of Agriculture, published on the portal of legal information.

The Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Economic Development have agreed on the inclusion of dairy products into the electronic veterinary certification system “Mercury” from the 1st of July. Fermented milk products will enter it from the 1st of November 2019.