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Tue 12 Dec 2008Contaminants found in some cattle but no health risk
Tests on cattle that ate contaminated feed show the presence of contaminants in a number of cases but there is no risk to public health and beef produce from affected farms will not be withdrawn from sale, the Department of Agriculture and the Food Safety Authority said today.
Cattle at some 45 farms in the Republic may have been exposed to the same contaminated meal that sparked the crisis in the pork industry. Eight cattle farms in Northern Ireland also used the feed.
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