The Czech government will stop testing of all beef imported from Poland as of Wednesday, the Agriculture Ministry said on Tuesday.
The Czechs ordered mandatory checks of all beef from Poland in February after discovering salmonella in one shipment from the neighbouring EU country.
The state veterinary authority said it had also detected salmonella in shipments of chicken from Poland.
"Yesterday Poland provided guarantees to the European Commission and the Czech Republic that it had done all it could to prevent meat from cattle unfit for human consumption from entering the market," the ministry said in a statement.
It said that while tests of all shipments would no longer be mandatory, veterinary authorities would continue to focus on the quality of imported meat and make checks.
The inspections followed a January food scare triggered by a TV documentary by "Superwizjer" TVN that said it showed staff at a Polish abattoir killing sick cows. Poland produces about 560,000 tonnes of beef a year, with 85 percent exported.
Autor: gf / Źródło: TVN24 News in English, Reuters
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