Shoppers in Italy decry delay of notice about chicken

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Fresh chicken is off the shelves at commissaries in Italy because the supplier, Arena Chicken, failed a health inspection Oct. 7. The plant will be reinspected Nov 7.


Shoppers in Italy decry delay of notice about chicken
By Lisa M. Novak, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Wednesday, October 22, 2008

NAPLES, Italy — Commissary customers in Italy aren’t happy that officials waited more than a week before telling shoppers that the only supplier of fresh poultry had once again failed an inspection.

Furthermore, the commissary allowed customers to buy up all the remaining Arena Chicken products before putting up a sign letting them know of the potential problem.

"I wouldn’t purchase that chicken if I saw this notice," Stephanie Hamiter, a customer at the Naples commissary, said of the press release in the chicken counter at the Naples commissary. "There were problems with this chicken before. We just buy the frozen chicken now."

For their part, officials say there was no reason pull the chicken from the shelves.

"No actual health hazard was observed," Europe Regional Veterinary Command officials said in a statement Tuesday.


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