MOSCOW GETS ONLY QUALITY MEAT








MOSCOW, 2 March.  (RIA "Nowosti" rIA-"Nowosti"-Korrespondent Grigori
Tebenichin).  The government of Moscow insured the inhabitants of the
Russian metropolis that to the city from the foreign country only
quality meat is supplied.  Vladimir Malyschkow, Minister of the city
government, tried, to eliminate the concern of the Muscovites in
connection with the BSE epidemic in Europe.

Moscow uses 550,000 to 650,000 tons meat in the year, whereby the
Russian producers can supply only 180,000 to 220,000 tons.  Moscow
buys the remainder abroad.  Foreign meat is three-way checked, in the
exporting country of local specialists and Russian representatives,
according to which each piece of battle is controlled additionally
still in Russia.

The Minister disproved the messages of the local press, after which
recently allegedly a contract was closed over the meat supplies from
Germany to Russia.  As agreed upon 100,000 tons beef from Bavaria
should be supplied to Moscow.  Such negotiations were actually led
according to Malyschkow.  Signatoryly is however so far only a "
intention log ".  Here he estimated that " in Germany inbezug on the
beef quality a particularly favorable situation insists ".