Our paper presents the problem of real hazards for products (edible or inedible) and animals identified as a result of border control in international road transport. A border control system used on the Polish part of the eastern border of the European Union was selected and some data were analyzed concerning the number of checks and shipments rejected due to the epidemiological risk. The data have been collected from annual control reports for Poland. It has been shown that the biggest biological threat comes from the border with Belarus (most shipments were rejected). It was noted that the proportion of imported shipments rejected on the borders had a very strongly positive correlation (correlation coefficients: 0.96 and 0.99).
This paper presents the findings of the cattle well-being in transport audit conducted in the period from 2007 till 2012. Respective veterinary checkups were audited: upon dispatch, upon arrival, at rest, sale (at markets or cattle collection points), and in-transport checks. The number of cattle heads subject to the audit, the number of cattle heads that proved irregularities and correlations between those numbers in the previous years were analysed. Moreover, the audit of the percentage share of the animals that had proven irregularities has allowed for accurate assessment of irregularities occurrence rate. Positive correlation between the percentage share of the cattle heads that proved irregularities and the audit years has been found.
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