20 May 2011 14:01

Cadmium-tainted peanuts from China seized on Russian border (repeat)

Chita. May 19. INTERFAX - Agricultural regulators in east Russia's Transbaikal territory have returned 180 tons of peanuts imported from China that contain cadmium, a highly toxic metal, the regulator said in a press release.

The cargo was confiscated at the Zabaikalsk railway crossing point on the Russian-Chinese border.

The Moscow-based owner of the cargo, Rusprodimport, has already been notified of the measure.