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By Aynur Jafarova

Kazakhstan will temporarily ban the import and sale of alcoholic beverages from June 1, 201, Kazakh Agency for Consumer Protection announced.

"This measure was taken with the aim of identifying numerous cases of trafficking alcoholic beverages produced in Italy, France, Scotland, Russia, Belarus in Kazakhstan's consumer market," the agency said.

There is no information regarding the maker's name, place of production, or importer, and there are also damaged labels or illegible markings that make it impossible to read the contents.

Another violation is the incomplete information in the official language.

The Agency for Consumer Protection also noted Kazakhstan has banned meat imports from Australia.

"Kazakhstan has introduced a temporary sanitary measure to ban the import and sale of chilled beef under the trade name of "Black Angus Ribeye" (produced in Australia), in which a veterinary drug dangerous to human health - trenbolone acetate- was found," the agency said.

Trenbolone acetate is a growth stimulant, an anabolic steroid used in veterinary medicine to increase muscle mass in cattle and has a negative impact on human health with a variety of side effects, particularly increased blood pressure, insomnia, aggressiveness, baldness, etc.

"In accordance with the laws of the member states of the Customs Union, using veterinary drugs (feed additives, animal growth promoters, and veterinary drugs) is not allowed in manufacturing raw food of animal origin," the agency said.