OREANDA-NEWS. December 8, 2008. Russia could halt poultry imports from US effective 2009. Russia's food safety watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor reported that the agency cannot start issuing licenses for poultry import into Russia for US-based farms for 2009, since The US Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) failed to provide the list of national poultry farms which guarantee compliance with the resolution of the Russian state health officer.