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Totally shocked by this, as homer would say this magical animal is so important. have to come up ith an excuse for the kids in the morning, why there is no sausages.Quote:
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland has ordered the withdrawal and recall of all Irish pork products dating back to 1 September.
Well the recall dates back to products processed since September 1st so they're just trying to cover their asses at this stage. It's fair to assume an amount of tainted pork products have already been consumed.
Have a few hundred euro worth of (irish) pork products in the freezer.
Who is going to reimburse me?
http://www.fsai.ie/news/press/pr_08/pr20081206.asp
Recall of Irish Pork and Bacon Product
06 December 2008
The Government today announced that laboratory results of animal feed and pork fat samples obtained this afternoon by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) confirmed the presence of dioxins.
Consequently, the FSAI is requiring the food industry to recall from the market all Irish pork products produced from pigs slaughtered in Ireland.
This recall involves retailers, the hospitality sector and the Irish pig processing sector. Preliminary evidence indicates that the contamination problem is likely to have started in September 2008.
The FSAI is advising consumers, as a precautionary measure, not to consume Irish pork and bacon products at this time. Investigations involving the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (DAFF) and the FSAI are continuing to determine the extent of the contamination and to identify the processors and products involved.
The FSAI and DAFF will provide updates as information becomes available.
-ENDS-
Note for Editors
Dioxins are environmental contaminants that may be formed during combustion processes and may be present in industrial wastes. It is illegal for dioxins at certain levels to be in food products.
Last updated: 06/12/2008
Eat away it wont do you any harm, well no more than your standard cheap sausage anyway
Was thinking that myself. I bought a full animal last week to save money and have it all in the freezer.Quote:
Originally Posted by soccerc
I really hope this doesn't spread to the sheep market or I will have the loss of two of them as well.
At least I know our own cattle are grass fed and are totally safe if it does spread to that market.
Time to buy a few pigs and rear them for food with all these scares going round.
Sure cheap sausages mostly non-pork anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by beautifulrock
Apparently they knew about since Monday but were only able to confirm today. Yet while they have been able to confirm they have not finished their investigations. Why did they not make this announcement last Monday? :confused:
People burn rubbish including tyres & don't seem to be too concerned with dioxins then. I think almost every health scare in modern times has turned out to be nothing. There were predictions of huge numbers of people getting human BSE but nothing happened.
I presume the pork producers will be looking for government handouts now?
When I saw the headline, I thought Mary Harney went on another trip to Florida.
Hardly appropriate to make jokes about peoples weight!!. What has Mrs.Harney ever done to your personally?Quote:
Originally Posted by strangeirish
The comment was with regard to spending, but thanks for policing the internet man. Will recommend you for a raise.Quote:
Originally Posted by gilberto_eire
http://www.independent.ie/national-n...s-1566899.htmlQuote:
CONSUMERS could yet be forced to pay the price for buying contaminated product, as retailers were slow to outline their returns policy last night.
Its very unfair for the consumer to have to just dump the products. how mant people keep their reciepts for their supermarket shop.
I spoke with someone in the industry on Saturday night. He basically summed it up like this:
"Will I say that all pork products are safe? No. (why should I put my neck on the line)"
"Will I be throwing out my pork products? Hell no. I'm looking forward to my fry up in the morning."
Which basically sums it up. One of the Northern ministers was on the BBC, and when asked was it an over-reaction basically said that they have to be seen to be reacting, just in case. Three weeks before Christmas, and every ham in the country to be binned - it's going to be a nightmare for butchers and consumers alike. I guess we'll all be eating three-week old piglets for Christmas dinner.
Anyway, I enjoyed my pork belly yesterday.
One of the main reasons the authorities have to be seen to be acting tough is because we didn't discover the problems in Ireland. And that is much more worrying than what appears to be a fairly minimal dioxin issue.
Local cafe in Donegal was still serving sausages and rashers yesterday morning too.
I'm still trying to work out how to reconcile what we've been told by the FSAI:
1) destroy all pork products
2) if you've eaten them, don't worry, there will be no negative effect on you
Only because they were sent to the UK for further analysis as we don't have the facilities here - or at least that's my understanding.Quote:
Originally Posted by OneRedArmy
And yes, the message given out is a bit muddied. Newspapers are jumping on the "DIOXINS=CANCER" line. Then if you ask about the pork you ate since September, the reaction is 'Ah, you'll be grand'.
I guess if the pork that was pulled form the shelves can be quickly tested, and given the all-clear they could have the shelves re-stocked by the end of the week.
Dunnes (in Athlone anyway) were giving refunds over the weekend, no reciept needed apparently!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by soccerc
Yes but they were the same as Tesco only giving refunds on own brand as far as I knowQuote:
Originally Posted by Ash
Did not take long for pork producers to look for their handout. Click
Seems to be be a bit of a stretch to suggest oil fumes could add dioxins into pig feed? I suppose we now know pigs eat chocolate & biscuits. No wonder they so fat :pQuote:
Irish pork producers are facing a €100 million bill to recall all pork products made from pigs slaughtered in the country after tests confirmed some meat contained dioxins.
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THE USE of oil at a recycling plant near Bunclody, Co Wexford, to recycle unused food into pig rations, is at the centre of the investigation into the source of contaminated pork products.
Stale bread, out-of-date biscuits, chocolate and dough from feed plants are heated and turned into food for animals at a number of plants in the country and it was during this process something went wrong.
Pigs would eat anything.
Oil fumes, or bread wrappers, are the most likely culprits at the moment.
At times like these I am glad I am a Veggie.
All smugness aside, you probably picked up more dioxins walking past a smoker than any pig eater did by eating the meat in question.