According to the Organizing Committee of the 1st Moscow International Tea Symposium (MITS), the round table “The problems of harmonization of technical regulations in the tea industry» will be one of the key events of the campaign. Open discussion being attended by leading Russian and foreign experts will provide an opportunity to develop general recommendations to the new regulations, such as the Technical Regulations on tea and tea products and an updated database of national standards. The official sponsor of the Round Table, the company Unilever having long experience in international markets considers that the discussion of harmonization issues at this level will make another step towards the development of the domestic tea market bringing the Russian demands to tea and tea products to the highest and the current and international standards and norms. As Irina Bakhtina, Director of Corporate Relations “Unilever”, “Unilever supports the consolidation of the industry in the development of modern and adequate rules for the market functioning because it contributes to the formation of a civilized competition, reducing administrative barriers, updating production lines and eventually improving the quality of tea produced what is the direct answer to the interests of Russian consumers”.
Unilever: “The standards of technical regulation is necessary to harmonize”. …
