Anthrax-linked beef in nine EU states

A new beef scare has flared up on the Continent, after nine EU member states received batches of beef potentially contaminated with anthrax.

The EU’s Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) has revealed the possible presence of Bacillus anthracis in beef bones for feed from Slovakia.

According to the Agra Europe news agency, the suspect beef is linked to anthrax-infected cattle in Slovakia, which were sold on to a slaughterhouse in Poland before being sold on to other parts of the EU.