Chief Veterinarian allowed banned poultry products into the country

Chief Veterinarian Andrzej Komorowski was yesterday charged with abusing his power and failing to perform his duties by the Warsaw Prosecutor's office. Inspectors from the Supreme Board of Inspection (NIK) have discovered that in 1998, Komorowski gave permission to import 87,000 tons of chicken off-cuts at a time when importing this kind of meat to Poland was banned. This meat is used to make processed poultry foodstuffs, such as chicken sausage. Komorowski refused to comment on this issue, saying only that the ban on importing poultry off-the-bone is still binding but will soon be lifted. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A5) A.Z.