Further investigations have been launched into the consignment.

Forty-eight tons of unhygienic chicken legs imported from Poland by Viet My Company were found last week, prompting Animal Health Agency Zone VI, which oversees the region from the southeastern province of Ninh Thuan to Ben Tre Province in the Mekong Delta, to inspect meat and meat-products imported from Poland.

As many inspected products have already been found contaminated, the agency asked the Vietnam Department of Animal Health to issue restrictions on the licensing of frozen Polish meat imports.

As part of its efforts to combat unclean meat imports, Vietnam Department of Animal Health has regulated that from October 1 all imported meat be tested at ports before customs clearance instead of being sent to importers’ storage facilities first and tested later.

Source: Tuoi Tre