In the past days our company was mentioned in the media in respect to the detection of dioxin in animal feed in Germany (For more information you find a summary of the facts below). Finally it turned out that there has been an erroneous use of our technical grade fatty acids by a feed producer with no legal or commercial consequences for Petrotec apart from increased scrutiny by authorities. Petrotec has acted according to the law and has applied appropriate commercial practices.
We regret that another company seems to have misused our product. In this context we would like to point out that Petrotec is very conscious of its responsibility for its products and thus has always aligned its quality management accordingly. In all contracts, delivery notes and invoices we have always clearly declared that our fatty acids and other byproducts from used cooking oil are for technical use only and not for the food and animal feed industry.
If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact us!
Thank you and best regards,
Michael Fiedler-Panajotopoulos
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Facts:
· Northern German feed producer Harles & Jentzsch admit on Tuesday morning 4th January that they have thoughtlessly mixed
technical fatty acids into animal feed, after on Monday 3rd January they claimed to have received dioxin-contaminated fatty acids. from Petrotec’s plant in Emden via Olivet, a Dutch trader. · Olivet, a Petrotec customer, issues a press release on the same day
stating that the Dutch food safety authority NWA, confirmed: the fatty acids “from Petrotec (and marketed by Olivet) were earmarked for ‘technical purposes’ andwere notmeant to be used for animal feed”.
· On Tuesday 4th January Petrotec has been visited by local authorities both in Emden and Oeding disclosing its production process
and all relevant commercial documents: the officials confirmed that the statements “not for food or feed purposes” and “for technical use” were clearly written respectively on all contracts, invoices and delivery notes.
· Based on scientific insight, it is technically not possible for dioxin to be generated within our entire production process.