Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Irish poisonous pork was exported to 25 countries.

Irish pork contaminated with dioxins can be placed in 25 countries around the world. This writes the newspaper The Daily Telegraph. According to publications score in the Irish slaughterhouses pigs eat feed containing a large quantity of these substances.
The First piece of contaminated pork was found during routine tests on 19 November. The samples showed that the amount of dioxin in some products made from Irish pork, exceeded safe for human health volume of 200 times. However, dioxins, which can cause cancer, is not dangerous unless the person is not exposed to the poison in a long time.
Food Standards Agency of Great Britain recognized that such feed were at least 56 farms in Ireland. According to authorities, the meat from these farms could reach containing pork products. In the near future in London will be an emergency meeting of the agency, where experts will try to identify those products.
UK Supermarkets December 7, was removed from the sale of all pork, which is manufactured in Northern Ireland since September 1. Irish authorities have also warned consumers that they temporarily refused to eat pork and Irish stores fully recovered from the sale of products containing pork.
It is anticipated that contaminated feed for pigs was made by the Irish Millstream Power Recycling, reported The Times Online. British officials have tested the fuel, which vysushivaet feed. According to experts, oil somehow got into the feed.
In Ireland, produces about 8 percent of total exports of British meat pork.

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