European Parliament 12 February 2002, WRITTEN QUESTION E-0319/02 by Giles Chichester (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Preparations for the European Council meeting in Barcelona.

when the contamination was detected on 18 January 2002 and when the concerned poultry holdings were identified on 22 January 2002. Samples taken from the remaining slaughtered chickens contained levels of PCBs below the national maximum level of 200 µg/kg fat for poultry meat with the exception of one result (438 µg/kg fat).