Russia-More ridiculous meat bans.

RUSSIA-AT IT AGAIN WITH MEAT BANS.

Russia on Monday deemed three U.S. pork plants ineligible to export to the country while relisting four U.S. pork facilities that had been banned in February, according to USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service.

Effective April 20, a John Morrell plant in Sioux Falls, S.D., and two Cloverleaf Cold Storage facilities in Sioux City, Iowa, are ineligible to export pork to Russia.

Meanwhile, the facilities of Smithfield Packing Co. (Tar Heel, N.C.), Carolina Cold Storage (Tar Heel, N.C.), Millard Refrigerated Services (Edwardsville, Kan.) and Berkshire Refrigerated (Chicago, Ill.) have been relisted after having been barred in February.

Pork stored or processed before Feb. 10 and on or after April 15 is eligible for export, FSIS said.