9 minutes agoSerbia bans import of meat from Hungary, import continues in Kosovo
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)Several days ago, Kosovo was involved in a broken meat scandal that had the Belgian state for origin. Serbia, on the other hand, has been alarmed by Hungary's meat products, from which it has halted imports. Meanwhile, meat is continuing to enter Kosovo from Hungary. Serbia has decided to ban import and transport [...]
Serbia has taken the decision to ban import and transport across its territory of all food shipments of animal origin from Hungary in order to prevent the spread of African mortars that have already emerged in the Hungarian state.
In the first case of the swine mortar, Hungary has warned Serbia, which has already taken drastic measures to prevent the import of all food shipments of animal origin from this country.
But nearly 200 thousandkg of chicken has been imported from Hungary to Kosovo for three months, January - 31st - March 2018. Meanwhile, it is still not known whether even Kosovo authorities will take such a decision.
Officials of the Food and Veterina Agency have been beyond contact.
According to Kosovo Customs data sent to news.net, it has become known that Kosovo from Hungary imports only chicken.
According to Customs data in these three months, two poultry categories from Hungary, <x0mish chicken, boneless cuts, frozen” have been imported 163, 464,00kg, or translated into monetary value, fixed at 81, 779.92 euros. Other chicken underwear “, frozen”, have been imported 20, 965.00kg, worth 8, 208.80 euros.
In the past year, slaughtered and cleaned chickens (65 percent frozen), 4, 225.76kg. Chicken, boneless cut, frozen 472, 509.20 kilos. Chicken wings, full, with or without left, frozen 5, 268.48 pounds. Other parts of the chicken (skins, neck, back to neck, wingtips, and tails) 6,240 pounds [2,240 kg]. Chicken breast and chicken cut, frozen 19, 575.10kg, and other chicken underwear, frozen 84,000.00kg.
In the first three months of this year, 7, 074, 930.39kg of meat of all kinds, worth 8, 818, 119,000 euros, have been introduced in Kosovo. Meanwhile, this meat was imported from Serbia, the US, Ukraine, Turkey, Slovenia, Poland, the Netherlands, Italy, Brazil, Bulgaria, Belgium, etc.
Otherwise, media in Serbia reported yesterday that, for the first case of the swine mortar, Hungary has announced Serbia, which has already taken drastic measures by preventing the import of all animal-born food shipments from this state.
Over the next period, more measures will be taken that are provided by law, of which it is currently the full control of the import of animal-born food from Hungary” have said at the Ministry of Agriculture.
Veterinary inspection will also increase control in all countries selling this kind of food, Serbian authorities say.
In this case, we urge consumers not to buy animal-born food in countries that do not have permanent supervision by insepstation” has said the minister.
