In Russia, an experiment on labeling caviar was launched for a year

In Russia today, on April 15, an experiment on labeling red and black caviar will begin. It will run through March 31, 2024. Relevant resolution Government was signed by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.

The experiment will not require business costs, Revaz Yusupov, deputy general director of the Center for the Development of Advanced Technologies (labeling operator), told TASS. According to him, the marking will not affect the cost of caviar. Marking codes will be provided to companies free of charge. The authorities hope that they will also be able to detect cases of illegal circulation of caviar due to the traceability of each can from the factory to the consumer.

The initiators of the experiment were companies from the fishing industry and specialized associations. The initiative was supported by the Federation Council, the State Duma, the Federal Agency for Fishery, as well as in the main fishing region – the Kamchatka Territory. In the Fish Union considerthat the experiment will evaluate the effectiveness of the labeling and, if the test is successful, the labeling can be extended to other types of fish products. The experiment on labeling fish products was supposed to be held in Russia from April 1, 2022 to February 28, 2023, but in the spring the Ministry of Industry and Trade decided to postpone the event.

Laura Keffer