Veterinary certification of agricultural products of animal origin from 1 July this year will be exclusively in electronic form. A new program for electronic certification of goods and raw materials of animal origin that are controlled by the veterinary inspection, will help to track the movement of such goods across the territory of the Russian Federation. Thus, the possibility of penetration into the sale of counterfeit and enhancement of biological and food safety of food products. Electronic certification is performed using an authorised system “mercury”. Many market participants actively supported the innovation