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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10286
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/food safety

German foodstuffs contaminated by dioxin - Commission on alert

Brussels, 04/01/2011 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission is seeking to be reassuring. Having been alerted by Germany of dioxin contamination of meat and eggs, it is monitoring the situation very closely. According to information received from the German Consumer Ministry, none of the contaminated products was exported to other EU member states. The Commission, however, wants to make absolutely sure.

“The rapid alert system (Ed: RASFF - Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed) was...