EINNEWS, January 5---A potentially devastating outbreak of dioxin in food has been reported in Germany. Eggs and meat are affected, with contamination seeming to stem from feed laced with industrial fats.
Traces of dioxin have been found in at least 3,000 tons of an animal feed additive sold in Germany. More than 1,000 farms have been banned from selling eggs and 8,000 chickens have been destroyed.
Dioxin is a poisonous chemical, linked to the development of cancer in humans.
Police carried out searches on Wednesday at the Schleswig-Holstein farm which produced the fat. The company sold the fat to 25 German feed manufacturers. Police are involved because under current German law, offenders who use harmful or banned substances in food and animal feed can be fined or face up to three years in prison.
Dioxin contamination can be costly to the industries where contamination is discovered. A dioxin contamination of Irish pork products at the end of 2008 cost the domestic industry more than 100 million British pounds.
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