European Commission reserves right to take action after Russia food ban

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission reserves the right to take action in response to Russia's ban of EU food and agricultural products, it said on Thursday. The Commission, the EU executive, will assess the ban announced by Russia on EU products, spokesman Frederic Vincent told reporters. "We reserve the right to take action as appropriate," he said without specifying what kind of action he meant. (Reporting by Barbara Lewis, Editing by Julia Fioretti)