date:Mar 13, 2014
Meat processing company VION Foods has hit out at the authorities in Schleswig Holstein for closing down its slaughterhouse in Bad Bramstedt over concerns about animal welfare and breaches of hygiene regulations.
The Ministry of Energy Transition, Agriculture, Environment and Rural Areas (Melur) closed the plant by withdrawing its licences.
The ministry said it took the action in line with Article 31, paragraph 2, letter E to Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Co