GERMAN STATE GOVERNMENT REGULATORS UNDER FIRE IN MEAT HEALTH SCANDAL

Germany’s Federal Ministry for Food and Agriculture (BMEL - Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft) has summoned its state-level (länder) counterparts for crisis talks following revelations that listeria-infested meat products have killed three people and made another 37 sick. These were made by from Twistetal, Hesse-based Wilke Waldecker Fleisch- und Wurstwaren. The ministry confirmed to just-food that the talks will be held next Friday (October 25), aiming to improve identification of weak health control points, boosting cooperation between ...


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