The Corona pandemic has consequences for food safety: The food safety controls in Germany, according to information provided by the consumer protection organization Foodwatch, due to the Corona-crisis is currently massively reduced.
Routine inspections in companies, as well as sample analyses to be largely suspended, as the laboratory capacity for Corona-samples would be needed, said food watch chief Executive Martin Rücker the Newspapers of the Funke media group (Saturday editions). In addition, food is a sprängen control your as helper in the health offices.
Numerous hygiene checks and examinations, such as due to microbial contamination of food fell away, said Rücker. In the long term, this is "a real Problem," since the routine checks are necessary to avoid food-borne diseases. Especially during the Coronavirus pandemic, this is not important. The staff shortages would need to be disposed of, therefore again, requested the protection of consumer rights.
The bottlenecks can also be the result of savings in past years, according to Rücker. The States case currently on the feet, "that you for years bar jeder Vernunft on the staff in the Offices and laboratories saved haben". The state governments need to urgently bring forward a concept of how they wanted to ride the controls as quickly as possible to protect the population from additional threats to health.
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