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Latvia asks for higher surveillance on Ukrainian egg imports

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Latvian Minister for Agriculture Kaspars Gerhards sent a letter to EC calling for additional measures to reduce the risk for salmonella in imported eggs.

Posted on Aug 29 ,11:33

Latvia asks for higher surveillance on Ukrainian egg imports

Latvia, the biggest EU importer of eggs from Ukraine, asks for higher surveillance for Ukrainian eggs as the risk of receiving products contaminated with salmonella. "There is a single market in the European Union, so all egg producers must have a level playing field, including in countries outside the European Union that have a trade agreement. Regardless of the member state in which the production takes place, the product must meet all the quality and, in particular, safety requirements. It should not be allowed that Ukrainian egg producers endanger the health of Latvian and other people with their products," wrote minister Kaspars Gerhards in a letter sent to the commissioner for health and food safety, Vytenis Andriukaitis.
The Latvian Food and Veterinary Service (PVD) has already increased border controls for poultry products coming from Ukraine but the tariff-free quota granted by the EU has grown from 163 tons (2014) to 13,792 tons (2018). Since April 2019, four incidents related to salmonella found in egg products produced by DG Sante have been recorded through the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) in the EU. According to Food Safety News magazine, the Commission is working on a response to the letter received from the Latvian Minister of Agriculture but no further clues were offered. DG Sante is part of the Ovostar Union Group of companies that supply products to more than 50 countries in Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Africa.

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