WARSAW - Several EU members on Friday seized and destroyed suspect beef from a Polish slaughterhouse where allegedly sick cows were butchered, despite assurances by Warsaw that the meat did not pose a health risk. -Portuguese authorities said they had destroyed 99 kilograms of suspect Polish beef while Romania said it had eliminated 1,432 kilograms as a "safety measure". "All segments of the Polish (beef) market are worried," Jerzy Wierzbicki, head of the Polish PZPBM meat producers' association, told AFP on Friday. - 'Isolated case' -"This is an isolated case, concerning a single company, the concerns are unfounded," he said but conceded that the scandal could deal a blow to Polish beef producers who rely on exports. Polish prosecutors launched a criminal probe after TVN24 aired footage of apparently sick or lame cows being dragged across the floor and then butchered.

Source: Bangkok Post February 01, 2019 14:03 UTC