Rosselkhoznadzor: electronic veterinary certification in Russia operates in a controlled mode
Electronic veterinary certification "Mercury", which became obligatory in Russia since July 1, 2018, operates in a controlled mode, but some companies have problems with its implementation. The Head of the Rosselkhoznadzor Sergey Dankvert informed the journalists about it.
"The situation is quite controlled, but not without questions that arise. The most important thing is that everyone understood that they would have to work with electronic documents," he said.
Dankvert noted that the introduction of veterinary certification raises "some problematic issues", but it happens in those companies that were not prepared in time and did not prepare their specialists. According to him, the most prepared in terms of the introduction of “Mercury” are Chelyabinsk and Yaroslavl regions. At the same time, Moscow and St. Petersburg remain in the "middle class" in terms of readiness. The least prepared are the regions of the North Caucasus.
Speaking about the main task of the introduction of electronic veterinary certification, Dankvert explained that it provides traceability of food products "from the field to the counter". In addition, its implementation will reduce both material and human costs. So, according to Dankvert, the cost of 60 million paper certificates issued per year was about 2 billion rubles. He also expressed the hope that due to the introduction of the certification there will be products on the shelves that used to be in the shadow circulation.
"Even large companies did not shun the fact that in one veterinary document there could be entered several consignments," said Dankvert, adding that the introduction of “Mercury” will bring additional income for the state, because the system will affect the products that are taxed. Meanwhile the manufacturers, who have not switched to obligatory veterinary certification, will not be subject to fines. "The postponement of fines will take from six months to a year, depending on how it will be. We focused our own territorial departments on the fact that now they have to deal with the implementation of the system and not with penalties," - said Dankvert.
About the system
Electronic veterinary certification for food producers has become obligatory in Russia since July 1, 2018. According to the calculations of the Rosselkhoznadzor, the introduction of a specially created system “Mercury” will prevent the illegal import of products to the country by 1.4 trillion rubles per year.
On June 28, the Ministry of agriculture of the Russian Federation presented a list of products to be accompanied by veterinary accompanying documents and also specified exceptions to this list. The list includes animal products (including sausages) and fish in all kinds, as well as crustaceans, eggs, grain, beans, vegetable fats and oils. Finished dairy products are excluded from the list. In addition, the list does not include products that contain less than half of the products of animal origin, milk or fish products, under the condition that such products have been thermally processed entirely to the complete change of the natural properties of the raw product.
The program "Mercury" is an information system that records information about the produced, transported and sold animal products on the territory of Russia. Until July 1, such products were accompanied by documents printed on paper forms, which were issued by veterinary doctors of the regional veterinary departments on a paid basis.
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