Over 100 tonnes of salmonella-infected chicken from Poland reached Bulgaria

At least 100 tonnes of salmonella-infected chicken from Poland have reached the Bulgarian market, the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency said on December 5 as quoted by BNR. Some of the meat has been seized, so far there are no reports of cosnumers affected by salmonella.

"With regard to Polish meat contaminated with salmonella, the notifications are not one or two. In Bulgaria as an affected country, we have already received 16 such notifications," says Dr. Kremena Stoeva of the the Food Safety Agency.

She declined to say when the first alert from the European Rapid Response System came.

"But the Agency has taken appropriate action on each notification that has been received."

Despite the measures, a huge amount of Polish chicken meat with salmonella has reached Bulgaria. Dr. Stoeva could not talk about specific quantities.

At least one hundred tonnes through a company that went out in the media, she said.

Salmonella is not resistant to high temperatures and, if the meat is cooked, there is no risk of infection, the expert said.