Poland export 2,700 tonnes of low quality beef to 10 EU nations

Poland has exported 2,700 tonnes of suspect beef to European Union countries, the Polish chief veterinarian said on Thursday after television footage showed a company killing sick cows and selling the meat for human consumption.

Pawel Niemczuk told a news conference that the suspected meat had been exported to Romania, Sweden, Hungary, Estonia, Finland, France, Spain, Lithuania, Portugal and Slovakia. Poland produces around 560,000 tonnes of beef a year, with around 80-85 per cent of it being exported.