Nearly 2.3 grams were involved. - Court rules in favor of company in sausage meatball case
The Administrative Court in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, has overturned a previous decision made at the lower instance regarding a sausage company from Warendorf. In the initial ruling, the company lost its case against a ban on the sale of their products due to inaccurate filling quantities.
Five years ago, inspectors from the Münster Weights and Measures Office found that a batch of "Geflügel-Leberwurst fein" (fine poultry liver sausage) was labeled as having a 130-gram filling, but weighed only 127.7 grams. The difference was attributed to the artificial casing and metal clips.
During a later inspection of "Leberwurst fein" made from pork, the discrepancy in weight was even greater – 2.6 grams.
The Weights and Measures Office based their decision on the Food Information Regulation from 2014, which states that the filling quantity should represent the total product volume, including inedible components like the sausage pellet and sealing parts.
However, the Higher Administrative Court disagreed, arguing that such a broad interpretation would make it impossible to sell the product at a meat counter, as it can't be weighed on site. The Weights and Measures Office, on the other hand, maintained that the filling quantity should only consider the pure sausage.
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Source: symclub.org