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Sun 12 Dec 2008Recall of Irish pork over contamination continues
All Irish pork products have been removed from supermarket shelves today and consumers have been asked by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) to destroy all such products in their homes because of fears that animal feed used has been contaminated with harmful toxins.
The authority made the recall announcement after pig meat on a number of farms was found to have had between 80 and 200 times more dioxins that the recognised safety limit.
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