The agreement allows for the immediate resumption of inspections of U.S. poultry-processing plants by the Russian Veterinary Service.
Those issues were based on differences between Russian and U.S. veterinary practices.
Russia is the largest buyer of U.S. poultry, and, Georgia, the largest poultry-producing state, accounts for eight percent of poultry exports to Russia - much of it from the Gainesville area.
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