Russia seeks to suspend Austria meat imports after horse DNA find


MOSCOW (Reuters) - The head of Russia's animal and plant health service told the European Union it wanted to suspend imports of regulated meat products from Austria after horse DNA was found in a batch of hot dogs, the service said on Thursday.

The head of Russia's Veterinary and Phyto-Sanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS), Sergei Dankvert, proposed the measure in a phone call with Ladislav Miko, the Commission's deputy director general for the food chain, it said in a statement.

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