The Food and Veterinary Agency has temporarily banned the sale and ordered the market’s withdrawal of some frozen chicken meat products imported by Brazil by the company Apetit) The KPS, following the completion of the Salmonella Minnesota bacteria in the analyzed samples.

According to AUV’s announcement, the presence of the bacteria has been ascertained under extraordinary imported meat checks, which were ordered by Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Development Minister Armend Muja.

Based on the lab results and the Food Law, The AUV has imposed a temporary ban on the circulation of identified products, their deployment under official control and withdrawal from the market.

The products this decision has been made are:

• Copopavel Origin: Brazil No. of approval: SIF 3887 LOT: R-14427

• Superfrandergo. Brazil No. of approval: SIF 3404 LOT: R20598

AUV has warned that Salmonella Minnesota is a pathogenic serotype of the salmonella entenrica bacteria whose presence in food poses a potential threat to human health.

According to the agency, this bacterium can cause gastrointhestial infections and can be transmitted through consumption of contaminated food but also through crosscontaminated contamination during treatment and meat preparation.

The AUV has called on consumers who possess products with the right numbers of LOT not to consume them and turn them back to the point where they bought them.

Meanwhile, extraordinary controls are continuing to verify the total importable amount, including traceability of products from the entry into Kosovo to the selling points, distributed quantities and those left in the stock.

Also, the AUV is verifying labels, production and expiration dates, veterinarian certificates, conservation conditions, and conducting additional laboratory tests.

The agency has made it known that the economic operator is responsible for insurance and tracking products, attracting them from the market and informing consumers.

The AUV will monitor the implementation of the measures and determine the final treatment of products on the basis of risk assessment, including extermination if necessary.

The agency has warned that it will inform the public of the results of the raids and further measures.

Source Layer: Dukeagini