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Some 32 metric tons of uncertified salmon caviar, which arrived Thursday on a Sakhalin ship in Vladivostok, were detained by specialists of Primorye’s branch of Rosselkhoznadzor, Russia’s agriculture products watchdog.

The inspectors found 32 tons of red caviar on the ship belonging to the Yuzhno-Kurilsky fishery plant for which the crew could not show quality certificates or other documents demonstrating quality and safety of this delicacy, said Vitaly Salenko, a representative of the watchdog organization.

According to the documents, the caviar was produced by the Yuzhno-Kurilsky fishery plant but the markings on the caviar cans revealed other manufacturers. “The quality and safety certificates from these manufacturers were not available,” Salenko said.

Rosselkhoznadzor has launched an investigation into the case.