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Pork scare firm offers €6.5m in legal row.
The company at the centre of the pork dioxin scare last year, which saw the recall of sausages and rashers from supermarket shelves, wants to pay €6.5m to 17 individuals and businesses affected by the crisis. Dublin Irish Independent, Ireland. 4 November 2009.
Pig flu might not fly if we go organic.
Clearly keeping animals packed together in unnatural conditions is conducive to the breeding and mutation of viruses. Most food scares of recent years — dioxin contamination of Irish pork, salmonella in chicken — come down to intensive farming practices done on the cheap. London Times, United Kingdom. Opinion, 1 May 2009.
Dioxin levels off the charts in pig feed catastrophe.
The contaminated pig feed that brought the Irish pork sector to its knees in December had dioxin levels so great that scientists struggled to measure them. Dublin Irish Independent, Ireland. 12 April 2009.
Pig feed toxins ‘were off the scale.’
The level of dioxin contamination in the pig feed that caused last week’s €220m-plus recall of pork products was more than 5,000 times the EU limit. London Times, United Kingdom. 14 December 2008.
Honesty best policy for food industry.
On the face of it dioxin pork could only be bad, but the episode has shown the Irish food industry is real about food safety even where it demands painful disclosure and economic loss. BBC. 12 December 2008.
All-clear for Irish pork to go back on shelves.
Irish pork and bacon from farms affected by the dioxin scare can return to shop shelves after Dublin confirmed that it was satisfied controls were in place to deal with the animal feed contamination that sparked food recalls. London Guardian, United Kingdom. 12 December 2008.
120 tons of dioxin-tainted pork distributed in Romania.
Almost 120 tons of Irish dioxin-tainted pork entered Romania, Vice President of the Sanitary-Veterinary and Food Safety Authority (ANSVSA) Laszlo Csutak said on Wednesday. Xinhua News Agency, China. 11 December 2008.
European food body says Irish pork is safe to eat.
There are no adverse health effects to the consumption of Irish pork contaminated with dioxins, the European Food Safety Authority has concluded. Dublin Irish Times, Ireland. 11 December 2008.
Danger from tainted Irish pork minimal.
Dioxin-tainted Irish pork products were not a serious threat to human health during the two months when they were on public sale, the EU food safety agency EFSA said Wednesday. Agence France-Presse. 11 December 2008.
Pigmeat starts to return to shops as compensation talks continue.
Irish pork products began to return to shop shelves in limited quantities yesterday following the dioxin scare but a full resumption of slaughtering today was considered unlikely. Dublin Irish Times, Ireland. 11 December 2008.
Dioxin found in Irish cattle, officials won't halt beef sales.
Irish officials confirmed Tuesday that cattle at three farms have tested positive for dioxin — the cancer-causing chemical that has contaminated its pork industry — but insisted the country's beef posed no real risk to health. Associated Press. 10 December 2008.
Used oil may have caused Irish food crisis .
Used oil from electrical transformers may have caused the dioxin contamination in animal feed that has led to an international recall of Irish pork products, the Irish Times reported on Wednesday. Reuters. 10 December 2008.
EU blames recycled food plant for Irish pork contamination.
The European Commission said Tuesday that the dioxin contamination of Irish pork which has caused a health scare and industry losses originated at a food waste recycling plant. Agence France-Presse. 10 December 2008.
Talks to resolve deepening pork crisis continue.
Talks to resolve the deepening crisis caused by the recall of all Irish pork products after the weekend discovery of potentially-dangerous dioxins, known as PCBs, in pigmeat are continuing at the Department of Agriculture today. Dublin Irish Times, Ireland. 9 December 2008.
Talks to resume pig slaughter amid beef fears in Irish dioxin scare.
Negotiations to facilitate the resumption of pig slaughter following the dioxin contamination of pork are to continue at the Dpet of Agriculture in Ireland, where 2,000 pig processing plant workers have been laid off as a result of the scare. Deutsche Presse-Agentur, Germany. 9 December 2008.
China bans Irish pork on dioxin scare.
The government has banned imports of all pork products from Ireland after dioxin, a carcinogenic chemical, was found in some of them, the country's quality control watchdog said on Monday. China Daily. 9 December 2008.
EU member states told to block Irish pork.
European Union member states have been told to block all shipments of Irish pork meat and processed pork products after dioxin contamination was detected in the country, said EU Health Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou on Monday. Xinhua News Agency, China. 9 December 2008.
As the scare over Irish pork shows, claims that industrial farming produces cheap, safe food are utterly untrustworthy.
The new food scare over dioxin-contaminated pork has a wearying familiarity about it. London Guardian, United Kingdom. Opinion, 9 December 2008.
Shops rush to take Irish pork off shelves.
Irish pork contaminated with dioxins may have reached markets in as many as 25 countries, it was feared last night, as consumers were warned not to eat pork products from the island. London Times, United Kingdom. 8 December 2008.
Check the label - and buy British.
Consumers in the UK worried about the latest scare about dioxins in Irish pig meat products should check the labels of any pork, bacon or ham in their fridge or freezer. London Times, United Kingdom. 8 December 2008.
Nine more farms affected as Irish pork scare spreads north.
Consumers across the UK were urged not to eat Irish pork yesterday after animal feed contaminated with dioxins - carcinogenic chemicals - was traced to farms on both sides of the border. London Guardian, United Kingdom. 8 December 2008.
Pork products recalled.
Irish pork and bacon products are being recalled as a precautionary measure from the market due to the illegal presence of a dioxin contaminant in a portion of the Irish pork and bacon available on the market. Limerick Post, Ireland. 8 December 2008.
Risks and causes of Irish pork contamination.
The Irish government ordered the food industry on Saturday to recall all domestically-produced pork products from shops, restaurants and plants because of contamination with dioxin, which can cause cancer. Reuters. 7 December 2008.
Where's the bacon?
All Irish pork products have been recalled amid fears they have been contaminated with harmful dioxins. London Sun, United Kingdom. 7 December 2008.
Government says no "significant" risk from Irish pork.
The Food Standards Agency said on Sunday it was monitoring the situation after Ireland ordered a recall of its locally produced pork products due to contamination with potentially cancer-causing dioxins. Reuters. 7 December 2008.
Cancer scare in irish pork puts British stores on food safety alert.
Britain was put on a food safety alert last night after cancer-causing dioxins were found in pork products in Ireland. London Daily Mail, United Kingdom. 7 December 2008.
FSAI moves to allay consumer fears.
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland has moved quickly to assure consumers that the risks associated with consuming any of the Irish pork products which have now been recalled because of dioxin contamination are very small. Dublin Irish Times, Ireland. 7 December 2008.
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