Association of manufacturers of forages for Pets, combining (Mars brands such as Pedigree, Whiskas), Royal Canin, Nestle (Purina, Felix) and Aller Petfood has sent a letter to Deputy head of the Ministry of agriculture Yevgeny Nepoklonov. According to the authors, the stop of the supply of meat and bone meal from the EU will lead to the suspension of the operation of a number of platforms, reduction of 700 people and reduce the market by one third. The reason is that 50% of the annually used by manufacturers of meat and bone meal accounted for by EU countries.

Manufacturers warn that one of the negative consequences of restrictions will be a complete cessation of the export of Russian goods to CIS countries and far abroad, which will lead to not receiving Federal and regional budgets about 5 billion rubles per year.

The authors of the letter indicate that you will not be able to increase purchases of Russian flour, as for the production of pet food quality improper. The transition to markets in Latin America prevent the problem of quality of flour and the need for long networking supplies with no guarantee of a positive result.

Ultimately, the lack of raw materials will lead to higher prices, warn market participants.

However, the claims of food manufacturers did not agree in the meat industry. So, the President of the Meat Board of common economic space Mushegh Mamikonian indicated that meat and bone meal in the EU and Russia are produced on the same equipment.

We will remind, in the Ministry of agriculture of Russia discussed the possibility of a ban on imports of meat and bone meal from Europe, used for the manufacture of animal feed.

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