chlorates in poultry meat preparation from Brazil
- Classification
- Border rejection notification
- Risk
- Not serious
- Category
- poultry meat and poultry meat products
- Hazard
- chlorate unauthorised substance - {pesticide residues}
- Origin
- Brazil
- Notifier
- Belgium
What is this? Some poultry meat from Brazil has a small amount of a farming chemical called chlorate.
What's happening? Belgium stopped these chicken products at the border because they had chlorate.
Does this affect me? Only if you bought this chicken in Belgium.
What should I do? Throw it away or return it. Ask your pharmacist or doctor if you feel unwell.
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Classification: Border rejection notification · Risk: Not serious · Category: poultry meat and poultry meat products · Hazard: chlorate unauthorised substance - {pesticide residues} · Origin: Brazil · Notifier: Belgium
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