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A team of European Commission auditors is being deployed to Poland from 4 to 8 February to assess Poland’s official controls and standards in meat plants, a European Commission spokesperson has told the Irish Farmers Journal.
Veterinary controls
Meat from a Polish abattoir is currently being withdrawn from the market after it was found that the cows from which the meat came from did not undergo the correct veterinary controls and were found to be unfit for human consumption.
In its latest update on the situation, the Commission said that the meat is being withdrawn from the market of 14 member states, including Poland, and destroyed.
The other 13 member states affected are Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Germany, Slovakia, Greece.
He also called for rapid and dissuasive penalties against the perpetrators
Commenting last week, European Commissioner for Food Safety Vytenis Andriukaitiss urged the Polish authorities to finalise as a matter of urgency their investigations into the situation.
He also called for rapid and dissuasive penalties against the perpetrators “of such a criminal behaviour that could pose risk to public health and portrays an unacceptable treatment of animals”.
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