DIOXIN CONTAMINATION
November 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLGERMAN clay producer Fuchs is at the centre of a row involving the contamination of animal feed with dioxin, after its kaolin - used by agricultural to separate potato peels from potatoes - was found to contain the cancer-causing chemical.With these peels being sold to 162 farmers in the Netherlands, eight in Belgium and three in Germany, their national food control authorities took tough action, imposing quarantine orders on these farms.The peels had been supplied by Canada frozen chip manufacturer McCain, which subsequently launched an internal ...
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