EUROPEAN COMMISSION ACTS TO PROTECT EU CONSUMERS FROM CONTAMINATED IRISH PORK
December 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission is preparing to order cross-border European Union (EU) restrictions on selling Irish pork and pork products following the discovery of widespread dioxin contamination. Today (Mon Dec 8), Brussels said it would "organise within very short notice" a meeting with food safety authorities of EU countries importing potentially contaminated Irish pork "to share information and to ensure a harmonised enforcement approach." Later today, the Commission should circulate information about the distribution of these ...
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