"Irish find high levels of dioxin in beef; Aides say problem poses no risk" by Shawn Pogatchnik, Associated Press | December 19, 2008
DUBLIN - Lab tests on cattle at four Irish farms have found much higher levels of cancer-causing dioxins than initially thought, government agency officials said yesterday, but they stressed that the problem still posed no risk to public health....
Ha-ha-ha! Ireland's FDA!
The government ordered a global recall of pork products Dec. 6 after finding dioxin levels 80 to 200 times legal limits in pigs that had received oil-contaminated feed from a single Irish manufacturer, Millstream Power Recycling Ltd. But European food safety specialists subsequently declared that the tainted Irish pork did not pose a realistic health risk.
I'll stick with soup and salad, thanks!
And Irish officials insisted yesterday that the dioxin threat to its beef products, even though higher in samples, was even more minuscule....
Then YOU EAT IT!
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