Authorities name the companies that were too slow removing listeria-infected meat from shelves

Fines and public shaming ahead for dawdling businesses

Sep 4, 2014

Food authority Fødevarestyrelsen will publish a list of companies that were too slow at yanking listeria-contaminated food from Jørn A Rullepølser from their shelves. Ten of the 40 companies that have been fined between 20,000 and 60,000 kroner for the offence have already been named. Livets Køkken Salt & Peber Catering in Søborg was hit with the highest fine of 60,000 kroner.

The other companies named were:

Ældrecenter Broparken Centralkøkken, Rødovre.
DeViKa, Sønderbo, Rønne
Engrosselskabet 2014 ApS, København V
Cateringfirmaet B/LUNCH
SH Kitchen ApS, Herlev
Choice Convenience, København Ø
BPI Best Poultry International AS, København Ø
Vangede Slagteren ApS, Dyssegård
Daginstitutionen Valhal, Hillerød

The names of the other thirty businesses that have been found guilty will be released in the coming weeks.

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