The Investigation Council for Safety
has published a report titled “Risks in the Meat Chain.” The report concluded
that production companies consider economic factors more important than safe
products. Hygiene rules are often not followed due to insufficient training of
personnel, or due to time pressures for instance. Fraud in the meat industry is
frequent also. Meat which is initially labeled as “waste meat” is turned into
meat for human consumption. The safety of horse meat is not guaranteed, as it
is so easily subject to fraud. The council concludes that the authority which
is in charge of control and safety, the Dutch Food and Commodities Authority
(NVWA) in particular, makes many mistakes. This is due to the frequent
reorganization and cost-cutting. Its means are too limited to act efficiently
in the meat chain.
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