Ministry of Industry and Trade: labeling of red caviar can be launched from April 1, 2024

Mandatory labeling of sturgeon and salmon caviar in Russia may be launched in 2024, reported press service of the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Deputy Minister Ekaterina Priezzheva, during a meeting in the government of the Sakhalin region, said that the ministry, together with other departments, is working on the issue of introducing labeling from April 1 next year.

In Russia, an experiment on labeling red caviar has begun from April 15, 2023 and will last until March 31 next year. Priezzhaeva noted that participants in the experiment can already test technical and business processes. Two caviar marking tests were carried out in the Sakhalin region.

In early August, Governor of the Kamchatka Territory Vladimir Solodov reportedthat the volume of illegally transported caviar from the region decreased four times after the start of the experiment, which limited the export of red caviar in passengers’ luggage. The experiment, in which the authorities banned the transport of more than 10 kg of non-industrial red caviar (without factory packaging and labeling) from November 1, 2022, will be valid until August 2025.