RUSSIA – Wimm-Bill-Dann Foods (WBD) has been granted a licence to export its dairy products to the European Union countries.

The licence applies to WBD’s leading production facility, the Lianozovo plant in Moscow.

WBD applied for the licence after it made the decision to expand its export capacity, and is currently in talks with retail chains in Latvia, Lithuania and Germany. The talks will establish whether it can supply its products under a number of brand names, including Neo, Bio Max, Chudo, Domic v Derevne and Ginger Up.

The company is also to have its Tsaritsino dairy plant audited for an export licence.