Operations at a company in Lithuania have been suspended after food agency inspectors were denied entry to the premises during an inspection.
The State Food and Veterinary Service (VMVT) reported that in August, when inspectors went to fish producer Almantika UAB, company officials would not let inspectors access the site.
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Major problems were found after a planned inspection at a meat company that is a supplier to schools and care homes in Lithuania.
A scheduled inspection was undertaken in May at the meat processing company Riamona UAB, in the Alytus district by the local State Food and Veterinary Service (VMVT)
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Ready-to-eat (RTE) fish products have been linked to almost 100 Listeria infections in an outbreak that started in 2011 and continued into this year, according to two European agencies.
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) said Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Italy
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Lithuanian authorities have uncovered a number of hygiene violations at different producers in a series of recent operations.
In the first case, the State Food and Veterinary Service (VMVT) inspectors found an illegal meat canning factory in the garage of a residential building.
Inspectors of the Šiauliai Department of VMVT
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Latvian authorities have discovered about 18 tons of food products in a warehouse with expired or changed shelf life dates.
The Food and Veterinary Service (PVD) said products were imported into Latvia from Lithuania, where they were withdrawn from the market earlier this year as part of an investigation by
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Another three people have been arrested in the second phase of an investigation into expired food being reintroduced into the supply chain.
Measures were taken against the trio this month. The operation involved Europol, France, Germany, Spain, and the Carabinieri NAS of Turin, and Italian Financial Police (Guardia di Finanza).
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Law enforcement authorities have dismantled a Lithuanian group accused of putting expired food products with altered labeling back on the market.
The operation involved Eurojust and Europol, plus agencies in Lithuania, Estonia, France, and Germany.
Active since early 2021, the organized crime group is believed to have purchased millions of
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Moldovan authorities are investigating potential cases of corruption connected to the country’s food safety agency.
In late March, the National Anticorruption Center carried out searches at the Giurgiulești Border Inspection Post (BIP) of the National Agency for Food Safety (ANSA).
Eleven people were detained for 72 hours, suspected of having
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Three people have fallen sick in Lithuania after eating chicken contaminated with Salmonella, Listeria and Campylobacter.
The Kaunas Department of the State Food and Veterinary Service (VMVT Kaunas) received information from the National Public Health Center (NVSC) about three illnesses from chicken wings sold at a café.
Officials from VMVT
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A European court has ruled on a case involving how national authorities handle detection of Salmonella types in chicken meat that are not listed in EU regulation.
The request for a ruling was made in a case between Romega UAB, a poultry meat wholesaler, and the State Food and Veterinary
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