Answer to a written question – Audit of the Polish poultry industry – E-001195/2025(ASW)

Source: European Parliament

The Commission conducted an audit in Poland from 6 to 25 November 2024 in order to follow up on the audit report 2021-7187[1] from the Commission’s Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety on bovine meat, including traceability, and on poultry meat and products derived therefrom.

The objective of the audit was to assess the implementation and effectiveness of the measures presented to the Commission to address the recommendations contained in the 2021 audit report.

In that context, the assessment of the actions the Polish competent authorities provided to reduce Salmonella contamination in poultry meat were part of the audit.

The report is currently being finalised and, in accordance with Article 117 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625[2], the report of this audit will be made publicly available on the Commission website[3] in due course.

  • [1] https://ec.europa.eu/food/audits-analysis/audit-report/details/4520.
  • [2] https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2017/625/oj.
  • [3] https://ec.europa.eu/food/audits-analysis/audit-report.
Last updated: 28 May 2025