Bad News from Norway

"Unacceptable" sanitary conditions in Norwegian codliver oil manufacturing plants

The Norwegian Food Safety Authority has recently disclosed appalling sanitary conditions in several codliver oil manufacturing plants, among which several deliver codliver oil to Peter Möller, one of the largest suppliers to the retail trade. Members of the Norwegian parliament have called for an investigation not just of the manufacturing trade, but also of the food safety authority, which may have known about the problem for some time. It is unknown whether and to what extent this has affected exported cod liver oil.

Widespread use of bad meat in Oslo's kebab stands

The Norwegian policy have uncovered highly organized activities in Oslo to smuggle and produce unsanitary meat for sale in Oslo's kebab stands. The latest instance was a raid against one such stand in Brugata in Oslo, in which officials from the police, the nutritional agency, the the fire department, customs, and the intelligence group took part. This follows the arrest of a Swede smuggling in about 1500 lbs of bad meat, and a wider investigation on the matter that shows bad meat being sold to consumers for several years.