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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10819
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) food safety

Risks associated with mechanically recovered meat

Brussels, 03/04/2013 (Agence Europe) - On 27 March, the European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) published an opinion in response to a request by the European Commission regarding the risks to human health of mechanically recovered meat (MRM) from poultry and pork. It takes the view that the bacteriological risk is the same as that of fresh meat, minced meat and meat-based preparations. However, it stresses that the so-called “high pressure” technique to obtain MRM could increase the...