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March 08, 2012

Russia may also prohibit the imports of European pork, on top of an already issued ban to imports of live cattle and pigs, effective as of March 20

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December 18, 2008

Russia delisted 7 additional pork facilities effective December 20, 2008.

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December 16, 2008

The Russian Economic Development Ministry said Friday it raised the import quota for pork in 2009 to 531,900 metric tons from 493,500 metric tons in 2008, according to media reports.

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Beef

	Round, Top (inside), Untrimmed. Separated from the knuckle and bottom round, the top round is the inside portion of the round primal, with all bones, cartilages and exposed lymph glands removed.
	Round, Knuckle, Peeled. Also called the tip, sirloin tip or round tip, is a lean cut. It is fabricated from the #158 Round, Primal. It is a solid-muscle that has had the small "cap" muscle and all remaining outer fat removed.
	Chuck, Shoulder Clod. The shoulder clod, top blade, also known as the flat iron, is generated from the uppermost portion of the shoulder clod. The top blade shoulder clod is the muscle that lies on top of the blade bone.
	Liver Livers will generally have all ducts, blood vessels, lymph nodes and connective tissues trimmed even with the surface of the organ.
	Heart, Trimmed. The heart is a large muscular organ found in the thorax region. Hearts may be purchased with the cap present or absent. Cap-on hearts are surrounded by semi-hard white colored fat. Cap-off hearts will be trimmed of visible fat and have the cap meat and bone removed.