Russia has eased a ban on some dairy imports from New Zealand as it is facing dairy shortage due to its continuing ban on European dairy imports.
The ban was imposed after a product from New Zealand dairy exporter Fonterra was found to contain traces of a botulism-causing toxin in 2013.
Fonterra can now resume trading of some dairy products including anhydrous milk fat and whey and whey concentrates from 29 dairy plants in New Zealand.
Ministry for Primary Industries spokesman said: "We're continuing to work with the Russian authorities to lift the temporary restrictions on the remaining products produced at those 29 plants."
As reported in stuff.co.nz, the ban was imposed on only 61 of the total 81 New Zealand plants that export products to Russia.
The remaining 20 plants, which also includes nine Fonterra plants, continued to supply dairy products to Russia.
Recently, Russia extended its food imports ban to Albania, Montenegro, Liechtenstein and Iceland in response to Western sanctions over the Ukraine crisis.
