Irish pork contamination probed

Police in the Irish Republic have been called in to investigate how pigs in the country came to be contaminated with potentially dioxins. The source is thought to have been feed tainted with oil from a Co Carlow firm which recycles food into pig meal. Millstream Power Recycling L.t.d said it was investigating how the firm’s “strict health and safety procedures… could possibly have been breached”. The risk is said to be low, but peoples are advised d’nt eat any Irish pork. (news.bbc.co.uk)

Ireland recalls pork products after test reveals cancer-causing dioxins

European supermarkets have been ordered to clear their shelves of Irish bacon, ham & sausages. It happened after authorities discovered that Irish pork products had been tainted with a potentially cancer-causing chemical. Health officials across the continent are warning their consumers not to eat Irish pork after the discovery that dioxins had been in some of the pigs feed for month.
Irish government officials described the recall – which affects all pig products produced since September 1 – as a precautionary move. (www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress)

Pig feed dioxin crisis linked to oil at Irish food recycling company

INVESTIGATIONS into how pig feed in Ireland became contaminated with dioxins are focussing on a company that recycles food into pig meal. The company has been named as Millstream Power Recycling, of Fenagh, County Carlow. Officials are testing oil put in a machine that was used to dry animal feed. A spokesman for the small feed company said: “Millstream will be carrying out a full investigation to establish how the company’s strict health & safety procedures and the high quality standards could possibly have been breached.” (www.farmersguardian.com)