EU COMMISSION ORDERS EMERGENCY IRISH PORK STORAGE
December 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has ordered European Union (EU)-funded emergency storage of up to 30,000 tonnes of healthy Irish pigmeat, following a collapse in demand caused by the country's dioxin contamination crisis. Brussels will pay for the meat to be stored for up to six months - long enough it hopes for memories of the scandal to fade and Irish pigmeat prices to recover.
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THE EUROPEAN Commission has ordered European Union (EU)-funded emergency storage of up to 30,000 tonnes of healthy Irish pigmeat, following a collapse in demand caused by the country's dioxin contamination crisis. Brussels will pay for the meat to be stored for up to six months - long enough it hopes for memories of the scandal to fade and Irish pigmeat prices to recover.
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