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Unsafe beef meat from illegal slaughter, over which there was no veterinary surveillance, has spread to the markets of a total of 13 EU Member States, according to the latest information. EFSA inspectors will from 04/02/2019, at the request of Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Vytenis Andriukaitiss, assess the current situation directly in Poland. The priority now is to trace and withdraw from the market all products from the slaughterhouse in the central Polish area of Mazovia. The polish Chief Veterinary Officer Pawel Niemczuk confirmed a total of 9,500 kg of meat from illegally slaughtered cows originating from 2 Polish companies; 2,700 kg were exported to other EU countries. The presence of dangerous meat has been proven in 13 EU Member States (EE, FI, FR, HU, LT, LV, PT, RO, ES, SE, CZ, SK and DE). The Polish authorities informed the Commission about the closure of the slaughterhouse.
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