Czechs end inspections of beef imported from Poland - CTK news agency

The Czech government will stop inspections of beef imported from Poland as of midnight, news agency CTK said on Tuesday. The Czechs ordered mandatory checks of all beef from Poland in February after discovering salmonella in one shipment from the neighbouring EU country.

The order followed a January food scare triggered by a TV documentary that said it showed staff at a Polish abattoir killing sick cows. Poland produces about 560,000 tonnes of beef a year, with 85 percent exported. (Reporting by Jan Lopatka Editing by Andrew Heavens)