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Beluga caviar seized by Italian customs officers is to be distributed to poor people in Milan as a Christmas gift. | Beluga caviar seized by Italian customs officers is to be distributed to poor people in Milan as a Christmas gift. |
About 40kg (88lb) of caviar was confiscated in November after two couriers travelling from Poland were stopped with the hidden cargo. | About 40kg (88lb) of caviar was confiscated in November after two couriers travelling from Poland were stopped with the hidden cargo. |
Newspaper Corriere Della Sera says the caviar had an estimated value of $550,000 (£370,000). | |
Tests showed the caviar to be edible, so it is to be given to canteens, hospices and shelters for the poor. | Tests showed the caviar to be edible, so it is to be given to canteens, hospices and shelters for the poor. |
Beluga caviar is the most expensive variety of the delicacy. | Beluga caviar is the most expensive variety of the delicacy. |
Countries have tried to crack down on illegal trading of caviar after more than 600 tonnes of it were traded in the EU between 1998 and 2004. | Countries have tried to crack down on illegal trading of caviar after more than 600 tonnes of it were traded in the EU between 1998 and 2004. |
However, last year the United Nations lifted a ban imposed in 2006 on beluga caviar exports after Caspian Sea states agreed to limit catches of the fish from which it is taken. | However, last year the United Nations lifted a ban imposed in 2006 on beluga caviar exports after Caspian Sea states agreed to limit catches of the fish from which it is taken. |
The ban was implemented because the sturgeon was fast disappearing from the Caspian, the source of about 90% of world caviar. | The ban was implemented because the sturgeon was fast disappearing from the Caspian, the source of about 90% of world caviar. |
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