Contaminated Irish pork meat was delivered to five companies in Ilfov, Buzau and Olt, South Romania ANSVSA vice president Csutak Nagy Laszlo declared. He underlined that the distribution chain might be more spread.

Some 3,640 kg of contaminated pork meat reached Romania from Belgium, originally from Ireland. This quantity was deposited in a warehouse in Bucharest but all the quantity was distributed to three companies in the above mentioned counties.

Laszlo declared that the pork meat was processed, mixed with other products and thus the contamination risk is low.