Products in Russia: Iranian cheese and the "Orthodox standard"

Assistant to the head of the Rosselkhoznadzor, Alexey Alekseenko, announced Russia's plans to begin supplying dairy products from Iran. According to the official, we are talking about "surprisingly good cheeses."

Iranian products, which are planned to be imported into the Russian Federation, have already been inspected. In addition, it is reported that producers from Turkey and India are interested in supplying cheese to Russia.

At the same time, on Tuesday it became known about the initiative of Vladimir Slepak, a member of the Public Chamber, who proposed to introduce in Russia "Orthodox standard" products and services modeled on halal food from Muslims and kosher from Jews.

Slepak sent a letter addressed to Patriarch Cyril, in which he offered to pay special attention to the monastic products, which, according to the member of the OP, will allow to evaluate the positive impact of products "on the spiritual and physical health of people."

In Islam and Judaism, some foods are prohibited. In addition, in these religious traditions there are clearly defined rules for the preparation of products, such as meat and poultry. In Orthodoxy, there is no list of prohibited foods and no indication of the methods of their preparation, with the exception of food during fasting.

Earlier, as Forum reported, the Synodal Department for Interaction between the Church and Society of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) stated that monastery farms are ready to contribute contribution to import substitution and expressed willingness to increase the amount of food produced in their farms. Among other things, they have already begun to grow more vegetables and grains, plant fish and have made their cheeses richer by adding mozzarella, ricotta and ricotta to it.

In August 2014, Russia banned the import of products from countries that previously imposed sanctions on Russia. Foodstuffs from the EU countries, the USA and the states that joined their sanctions fell under the embargo.

This summer, when sanctions against Russia were extended until January 2016, Moscow, in response, extended the embargo for a year. And on August 6, in accordance with presidential decree Vladimir Putin, Russia began destroy forbidden to import food.

With the introduction of the embargo, the Russian authorities emphasized that companies from other countries would replace suppliers from countries that have imposed sanctions. In addition, it was stated that the embargo will accelerate the process of import substitution.