meat from a mass of rat-infested operating in Dissen (district of Osnabrück) has been delivered in 22 countries, including 14 EU countries, including Germany. According to the authorities, it was the goods, especially pork offal, which went to a total of 37 establishments. A total of approximately 470 tons of meat had been sold, said the spokesperson of the district of Osnabrück, Burkhard riepen-Hoff, on Friday. Probably the meat has been processed in the meantime. Offal, among other things, sausage and jellied meat are produced.
lower Saxony: feces, fur remnants, and pathways of rats discovered
In the cutting plant in Dissen, feces, walking trails, fur remnants and signs of nesting of the rats were found in a scope that indicates a “very large rat population,” it said in a communication to the administrative court of Osnabrück. Measures to combat it have so far shown no success, the rats are “populated” the entire building. The court in Osnabrück, had this week the authorities for the destruction of the meat stock orders confirmed as legitimate. Urgency against the measure were rejected.
Dissen: district staff discovered the rat Problem by random
employees of the district were in June during a routine check of documents of the operation found out that the company has a huge Problem with rats – and although since the middle of January, as riepen-Hoff says. “The company has not informed us,” the circle of speakers.
lower Saxony: Nearly 500 tonnes from January
The district sold have subsequently closed in the operation of cut meat for consumption. Almost 500 tons had been since the middle of January to other businesses sold. The Prosecutor checks, whether there had been on the part of the company with a view to the obligation to provide information any omissions.
400 tons of meat had been in the blocking of the operation by the district of still in the building complex, including the meat of the controversial company Tönnies was from the East Westphalian Rheda-Wiedenbrück. For this meat, the authorities have the destruction.
the rat infestation in Dissen: The stored meat should still bring abroad
The company wanted to operate in Dissen and an adjacent processing of the stored meat abroad, because the destruction in Germany was too expensive. Employee of the meat company accuse the landlord of the cold store, to the rat infestation taken care of. The responsible for consumer protection Ministry of agriculture in Hanover, said yesterday just to of the matter. The Ministry is confident that the district protection and food safety, accept his responsibilities, in coordination with the state office for consumer effectively, it said.
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infested Meanwhile, factory Tönnies in Rheda-Wiedenbrück, Germany have been tested in the meat on Friday a further 30 employees in a positive way to the Coronavirus. The operation went on in the organization yet. (dpa/maw)
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*The contribution of the following “470 tonnes of meat from the cold store, in spite of the rat-plague in the operation of the world,” published by Mopo. Contact with the executives here.
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