Minister Zayats Told About Belarusian Parmesan, Jamon And Black Caviar

• 8.01.2018, 7:59

The Minister of Agriculture got up an excursion into the exotic products.

Minister of Agriculture and Food Leanid Zayats spoke about the "successes" of the agro-industrial complex in 2017, kp.by reports.

The minister said that "a lot of dairy, meat and bread producing units have been modernized." "We have learned to produce those products that used to be considered exclusively foreign. For example, the Belarusian jamon is made of pig legs, which are dried up, cured, dry-salted for 9 months. Or Parmesan – the cheese, which is to mature for a long time, but it can be stored by far longer than the young cheese. We also opened the production of Roquefort cheese with blue mold," – the Minister said.

It should be reminded that Rosselkhoznadzor has repeatedly confiscated and liquidated sanctions products disguised as "Belarusian ones."