Dioxin feed sent to 2 more countries
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January 11, 2011, Tuesday
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FRANCE and Denmark were the latest countries drawn into Germany's dioxin food scare yesterday, after a European Union official said tainted animal feed had been -exported from Germany to both countries.
German and EU authorities are struggling to contain the health alert, which began when German officials announced on January 3 that dioxin-tainted feed had been fed to hens and pigs, contaminating eggs and meat at the affected farms.
"In Denmark these products were used for breeder hens, which are not in fact marketed (for human consumption)," said Frederic Vincent, European Commission health and consumer spokesman, at a daily press briefing in Brussels.
"In the case of France, in the lot exported, apparently the concentration of dioxin was lower than the maximum authorized concentration allowed in EU law for animal feed," Vincent added.
That followed confirmation last week that eggs from German farms which had used the contaminated feed had been exported to the Netherlands, and some were shipped to Britain for human consumption.
The Commission and Germany's agriculture ministry yesterday denied reports that EU member state Slovakia had followed South Korea in imposing an import ban on meat from Germany because of the scare.
"To date, the only country which has suspended imports from Germany is South Korea. To the best of our knowledge no other countries have taken measures affecting European or, in particular, German products," Vincent said.
German officials are due to brief their EU counterparts in Brussels today on the latest developments in the contamination incident, and are likely to face questions on the root cause of the incident and their response to it.
German and EU authorities are struggling to contain the health alert, which began when German officials announced on January 3 that dioxin-tainted feed had been fed to hens and pigs, contaminating eggs and meat at the affected farms.
"In Denmark these products were used for breeder hens, which are not in fact marketed (for human consumption)," said Frederic Vincent, European Commission health and consumer spokesman, at a daily press briefing in Brussels.
"In the case of France, in the lot exported, apparently the concentration of dioxin was lower than the maximum authorized concentration allowed in EU law for animal feed," Vincent added.
That followed confirmation last week that eggs from German farms which had used the contaminated feed had been exported to the Netherlands, and some were shipped to Britain for human consumption.
The Commission and Germany's agriculture ministry yesterday denied reports that EU member state Slovakia had followed South Korea in imposing an import ban on meat from Germany because of the scare.
"To date, the only country which has suspended imports from Germany is South Korea. To the best of our knowledge no other countries have taken measures affecting European or, in particular, German products," Vincent said.
German officials are due to brief their EU counterparts in Brussels today on the latest developments in the contamination incident, and are likely to face questions on the root cause of the incident and their response to it.
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