Animal product imports from East encounter EU border vet check hassles

For while all shipments must now enter via one of eight recognized border points, not one boasts a railway crossing complete with suitable facilities to implement veterinary checks as required by EU law. The problem will only be partially alleviated next year, when the first such facility will be opened in Terespol. However, Robert Wika of the Central Veterinary Inspectorate, stressed, "The limitations will not affect imports to Poland from EU members." (Puls Biznesu, p.10) A.F.