News from the official website of the Russian Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Supervision on January 27: On January 23, 2023, experts from the Bashkir Testing Laboratory of ARRIAH inspected the unrefined sunflowers planned to be exported to China. Seed oil (92 batches, 2,025 tons) was sampled for quarantine pests: none of the 92 samples were found to be harmful, and all of them met China's plant quarantine requirements.

According to the phytosanitary conclusions of the All-Russian Phytosanitary Supervision Institute for regulated products, the local branch of the Russian Veterinary Bureau issued 92 phytosanitary certificates.