In the meat scandal involving the sausage manufacturer Wilke, the Hessian Ministry of Consumer Protection has found that the district responsible for food control has failed significantly. This emerges from a final report, which presented the Hessian Consumer Protection Minister Priska Hinz (Green) in Wiesbaden.
Accordingly, the North Hessian sausage manufacturer would have planned 12 times a year must be controlled by the district Waldeck-Frankenberg. "Due to a mistake in the district, Wilke has been reduced to a three-month inspection interval," the report said.
At the beginning of October, the meat producer Wilke had been shut down after auditors repeatedly discovered Listeria germs in products. Listeria can be life-threatening if the immune system is weakened. At least three deaths and 37 illnesses have been linked to Wilke products. The public prosecutor Kassel determines because of negligent killing against the managing director.
According to the final report of the consumer protection ministry, besides the excessively long inspection intervals, further errors occurred. For example, the size of Wilke requires a regular check of all operating rooms. "The submitted control reports from 2018 state that controls have only taken place in different areas of the company, and serious deficiencies are not mentioned in these reports."
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Hinz reiterated her announcement that she wanted to pull out of the case. Among other things, she announced that she would improve food safety by appointing three additional ministry posts and eight new regional council members.
