Date: 2008-12-10
Source: Reuters
Link: http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSL751490720081207?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews&pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=10341


Dioxin polluted Irish pork and cattle may have reached 25 nations Ireland in pork and cattle product alert

DUBLIN/LONDON (Reuters)
Irish pig and cattle meat contaminated with toxic dioxins could have been exported to as many as 25 countries, including France and the Netherlands, Irish government officials said on Sunday.

The Irish government has recalled all domestic pork products from shops, restaurants and food processing plants because of contamination with dioxin -- which in some forms and concentrations, and with long exposure, can cause cancer and other health problems.

The Irish Exporters Association said the total exports of pig meat and related added value products such as pizzas, pies and sandwiches containing pork was about 750 million euros ($950 million). It said 63 percent of this went to the UK.

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