4,700 German egg farms hit by toxic feed row
BERLIN: German authorities have stopped more than 4,700 farms from selling their meat and eggs as a precautionary measure after animal feed was found to be contaminated with cancer-causing chemicals.
South Korea and Slovakia on Friday halted the sale of some animal products imported from Germany, while authorities in Britain and the Netherlands were investigating the extent of contamination in products containing German eggs.
Germany's agriculture ministry said on Friday it had no immediate reports of health problems connected to the contaminated products, but that it was stopping the sale of products from farms until tests can be carried out on livestock.
Authorities believe some 150,000 tons of feed for poultry and swine containing industrial fat has been fed to livestock across Germany. The fat contains dioxins. Prosecutors in Schleswig-Holstein have launched an investigation into the firm Harles & Jentzsch GmbH on suspicion that it knew of possible dioxin traces. ap
South Korea and Slovakia on Friday halted the sale of some animal products imported from Germany, while authorities in Britain and the Netherlands were investigating the extent of contamination in products containing German eggs.
Germany's agriculture ministry said on Friday it had no immediate reports of health problems connected to the contaminated products, but that it was stopping the sale of products from farms until tests can be carried out on livestock.
Authorities believe some 150,000 tons of feed for poultry and swine containing industrial fat has been fed to livestock across Germany. The fat contains dioxins. Prosecutors in Schleswig-Holstein have launched an investigation into the firm Harles & Jentzsch GmbH on suspicion that it knew of possible dioxin traces. ap
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