A series of violations were detected at the Syrym veterinary control checkpoint in the West Kazakhstan Region, where cargo trucks were denied entry into Kazakhstan, the website infohub.kz reports.
According to the Ministry of Agriculture, the cases involved failure to comply with veterinary and sanitary requirements during the transport of wheat bran and frozen lamb that had originated in Russia.
In the first case, 40 tonnes of wheat bran were being shipped from the Ulyanovsk Region of the Russian Federation to the Turkistan Region. An inspection found no veterinary accompanying documents, no heat treatment of the product and no labeling.
"In another case, 20 tonnes of frozen lamb were being transported from Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia) to Dushanbe (Tajikistan). It was established that temporary restrictions were in force on the transit movement of this product through the territory of Kazakhstan from areas of the Russian Federation where restrictions have been imposed due to an unfavorable epizootic situation," the ministry said.
As a result, the trucks were sent back in the direction they had come from. Administrative protocols were drawn up against the drivers under Article 406 of the Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Administrative Offenses, and fines were imposed. Freight carriers were briefed on the veterinary and sanitary requirements of the Eurasian Economic Union.
The Ministry of Agriculture added that since the start of the year, 249 violations have been detected at this checkpoint: 249 cargo trucks have been sent back in the direction they came from, administrative protocols have been drawn up against 117 individuals, and fines have been imposed.
The ministry urged freight carriers and participants in foreign economic activity to comply with the veterinary and sanitary requirements of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Eurasian Economic Union.