Russia will expand the number of Moldovan wine suppliers, said chief sanitary doctor Gennady Onishchenko, who heads Russian consumer rights watchdog Rospotrebnadzor.
The decision was made following a trip by Rospotrebnadzor experts to Moldova, where they had spent four days inspecting wineries.
"Fourteen out of the stated 17 enterprises were checked; we will soon start the procedure of... expanding the number of wine suppliers," Onishchenko said.
Russia, previously the importer of 80 percent of all wine produced in Moldova, embargoed deliveries in March 2006. In 2007, over 40 Moldovan wine producing enterprises passed sanitation and epidemiological checks and supplies were resumed.
In April 2010, the service banned 47,000 litres of wine for safety reasons.
At the end of June, the agency declared the detection of pesticides and dibutilphthalates in Moldovan wine after Moldovan President Mihai Ghimpu declared June 28 the Day of Soviet Occupation. Onishchenko rejected any link between the department's actions and Moldovan authorities' policy.
In August, Russia said the situation with the wine supplies' quality has changed and resumed deliveries from 53 Moldovan suppliers. In September, Onischenko said Russia would widen the list of importers and open a new customs checkpoint on its border.
MOSCOW, October 19 (RIA Novosti)
