Source:  Tom Johnston, MEATINGPLACE.COM, 10/2/09

A Tyson Foods poultry plant and a House of Raeford poultry plant are again eligible to export product to Russia, according to USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service.

Russia re-listed Tyson's Cumming, Ga., facility and House of Raeford's Raeford, N.C., plant, stating poultry originating from these establishments on or after Sept. 30 is eligible for export. Poultry produced in these plants prior to Sept. 30 is ineligible for export.

Moscow banned the Tyson plant in March, claiming to have detected in product drug residue that violated its standards. The House of Raeford plant was one of 19 U.S. poultry complexes banned by Russia in August 2008 following an inspection that discovered alleged general violations of Russian standards.

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