JUDGES SAY EU POULTRY RETAILERS MUST ENSURE SAFETY OF THIRD PARTY-PACKAGED AND MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS
November 1st, 2014
European Union (EU) poultry retailers may be penalised if they sell salmonella-contaminated fresh products, even when they are processed and packaged by another company, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled. Its judgement came in a case involving an Austrian supermarket and local food safety authorities. They spot-checked a Tyrol branch of MPREIS Warenvertriebs and found that a vacuum-packed fresh turkey breast contained salmonella. The manager – Ute Reindl - was fined, and she appealed to an administrative tribunal in Tyrol. It referred the case to ...
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