Russias main consumer watchdog has temporarily shut four McDonalds restaurants in Moscow as part of an investigation into food standards. Watchdog Rospotrebnadzor claimed the restaurants had breached numerous sanitary laws. McDonalds said it was looking at the complaints, adding its top priority is to provide safe and quality products. The watchdog also announced checks at McDonalds in the Urals, in central Russia, said the Itar-Tass news agency. The Moscow closures and the unscheduled Urals checks come amid rising tensions between Russia and the West over the crisis in the Ukraine. Previously, when diplomatic tensions have been high, the regulator has controversially banned products including wine from Georgia, cheese from Ukraine and apples from Poland, according to BBC Moscow correspondent Daniel Sandford. Earlier this month, Russia imposed a full embargo on food imports from the EU, US and some other Western countries, in response to sanctions over Ukraine. The regulators actions in Moscow and the Urals are part of an ongoing investigation into McDonalds food standards in Russia.
Posted on: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 10:42:24 +0000
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