OLAF SAYS MEAT FRAUD COULD SPREAD FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE
July 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE HIGH number of investigations into customs frauds involving meat has sparked the European Union's (EU) anti-fraud agency OLAF into warning such crimes could engineer illicit imports carrying foot-and-mouth disease. In its latest annual report, OLAF noted that of its 108 active customs fraud cases, meat was involved in 20 cases, more than any other food sector, barring sugar. Such cases invariably cost the EU treasury millions of Euros, because customs duties are earmarked for European spending. However, it was the risk of spreading FMD that ...
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