Following the discovery of 800 kg of tainted beef from Poland in France - a Europe-wide fraud - the Commission is in close contact with the Polish authorities, who are currently carrying out an investigation, the institution said on Friday 1 February. They triggered the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) on 29 January "at the request of the Commission”, the institution said.
This system makes it possible to inform all Member States and the Commission and to track consignments...