"At present, specialists of Rosselkhoznadzor are in Turkey to visit sites of production and storage of fresh apples destined for export to Russia. This decision was made due to the concern of the Rosselkhoznadzor sharp increase in supplies from Turkey to Russia, which was announced during the may 24 meeting of representatives of service with the Directorate of food and control Ministry of food, agriculture and livestock of Turkey", — stated in the message.

In mid-may, the service announced that it was concerned about the increasing volume of supply in Russia of apples from Turkey and allow the inspection Turkish manufacturers. According to Rosselkhoznadzor, in 2015, Russia imported 13.8 thousand tons of apples, which is almost three times less than four and a half months of 2018.

Then, the Agency did not preclude admission of "sanctions" products under the guise of Turkish apples. In this regard, the Rosselkhoznadzor addressed to the Directorate of food and control Ministry of food, agriculture and livestock of Turkey with a request to provide data on volumes of production, export and storage of apples of the crop of 2017.