Greek products test positive for horse meat

Greek government convey announced the hollo upward of a listing of products, including a business of chicken nuggets, because of horse-meat contamination.

Some contained meaning levels of Equus caballus gist – inward roughly cases one-half or to a greater extent than of the sum gist content.

The Hellenic Food Authority (EFET) gave the details of the products which were the dependent champaign of the recall.

They were listed every bit follows:

• The frozen traditional gist production soutzouki M.K., 80g, best earlier appointment 12/2/20/14, cartboxes of 4kg. Horse deoxyribonucleic acid was detected at to a greater extent than than 25 per cent.
• Frozen chicken nuggets 25g, best earlier appointment 7/1/2014, cartboxes of iii kg (horse deoxyribonucleic acid was detected at levels of to a greater extent than than 10 per cent simply less than 25 per cent.
• Frozen snitchel (sic) M.K., 130g, earlier appointment 13/2/2014. Boxes of 3kg. Horse deoxyribonucleic acid was detected at to the lowest degree than 1 per cent.
• The frozen traditional gist production soutzouki Μ.Κ., 80g, best earlier appointment 16/1/2014. Boxes of 4kg. Horse deoxyribonucleic acid was detected at to a greater extent than than 50%.
• Frozen snitchel Μ.Κ., 130 g, best earlier 7/12/2013, boxes of 3kg. Horse deoxyribonucleic acid was detected at less than 1 per cent.

The means said the higher upward products were produced yesteryear the T&T Foods S.A. companionship inward Chalkidikis for the Choutos Catering S.A. company.

The means too announced the hollo upward of precooked frozen gist burgers, Ifantis, inward packages of 10 burgers alongside a internet weight 800g in addition to best earlier appointment of 15/11/2013. Horse deoxyribonucleic acid was detected at to a greater extent than than l per cent. They were produced yesteryear the Ifantis S.A. companionship inward Kifissia.

It too gave details of 2 farther recalls:

Frankfurt-type sausages alongside the merchandise advert Nikas Beef sausages t. Frankfurt, 280 g, alongside a best earlier appointment of 5/5/2013. Horse deoxyribonucleic acid was detected at levels greater than 10 per cent simply less than 25 per cent.

• Meat production Parizaki alongside the merchandise advert Nikas Beef parizaki, 300g, alongside a best-before appointment of 6/6/2013. Horse deoxyribonucleic acid was detected at levels greater than 1 per cent simply less than 32 per cent.
• Those 2 products are produced yesteryear the P.G. Nikas Avee companionship inward Ag. Stefanos Attiki.

EFET said it had requested the immediate recall/withdrawal of the higher upward products from the internal market.

It stressed that the recall/withdrawal referred exclusively to the higher upward batches of the products.

The means said the samples would hold upward tested farther for the veterinarian drug phenylbutazone, a mutual anti-inflammatory drug used inward horses which is banned from entering the human nutrient chain.

 

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