Russia: Dairy products must have mandatory identification marking as of 1 June 2020

Earlier on, it was established that the deadline for the introduction of mandatory labelling of certain types of dairy products, identified by Direction of the Government of the Russian Federation of April 28, 2018 N 792-r, will be set depending on the results of the experiment on labelling of dairy products with identification marks. Now the exact date has been set as 1 June 2020.

In addition, the 2018 Direction of the Government of the Russian Federation contains an indication that the putting into circulation of certain types of dairy products without identification marking and transferring information about their labelling to the monitoring information system, as well as the circulation and withdrawal from circulation of products not marked with identification marks, is allowed up to 1 December 2020.

Law: Direction of the Government No. 2647-r of 8 November 2019 on Amending Direction No. 792-r dated 28 April 2018