Russian watchdog allows over 100 Georgian producers to supply wine, water to Russia
MOSCOW. May 28 (Interfax) - Over 100 samples of Georgian wine products and mineral water have gone through state registration in Russia.
"The Moscow office of Rospotrebnadzor [Russian consumer rights watchdog] has issued 104 state registration certificates to seven Georgian alcohol producers and two mineral water producers on the results of laboratory tests," Rospotrebnadzor posted on its website on Tuesday.
The watchdog said that Georgia's 19 alcohol and two water producers had filed 245 applications for state registration in Russia.
According to the information of Rospotrebnadzor, 65 Georgian wineries and four mineral water producers have been permitted to supply documents for state registration in Russia.
Interfax has reported that supplies of Georgia's Borzhomi mineral water have already been resumed.
