First China, Now Ireland.. Tainted food strikes again.. International Food Trade can be deadly

[Peacetrain]

I am not a closed borders type, but food stuffs traveling around the globe, think I will stick with home grown and as local as possible. (Not to mention the mad cow scare of a few years ago, that was tainted beef from england)

An interesting aside, from the middle of the article

~British supermarket group Asda, owned by U.S. retail giant Wal-Mart, said it was pulling all Irish pork products from its shelves.~



http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081207/ts_nm/us_ireland_food_recall




Tainted Irish pork may have reached 25 nations


By Andras Gergely and Kate Kelland Andras Gergely And Kate Kelland –
DUBLIN/LONDON (Reuters) – Irish pig meat contaminated with toxic dioxins could have been exported to as many as 25 countries, including France and the Netherlands, Irish government officials said on Sunday.

The Irish government has recalled all domestic pork products from shops, restaurants and food processing plants because of contamination with dioxin -- which in some forms and concentrations, and with long exposure, can cause cancer and other health problems.

Neighboring Britain, the main export market, has warned consumers not to eat any Irish pork products after tests revealed the contamination.

"We believe it's in the order of 20-25 countries. It's certainly less than 30," Chief Veterinary Officer Paddy Rogan told a news conference, speaking about how many countries could be affected, but he did not list all of them.