The Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance of Russia (Rosselkhoznadzor) informed that 21 tonnes of Moldovan apples were destroyed with the help of a bulldozer. On its website, the Service says that the apples were presented as being produced in Chili, IPN reports.

The truck with the 21 tonnes of apples headed for Kazakhstan. It’s not known how, but it got to the Russian town Belgorod. The employees of Rosselkhoznadzor in Belgorod noticed that the labels on the boxes with apples, which showed that the country of origin was Chili, were attached freshly, instead of the old labels.

Last July, Russia banned the import of fresh and canned Moldovan fruit.