dioxin scandal and now extends equally concerned about the pig farmers.
For the first time in Germany, in fact, was discovered a high concentration of the substance in pork.
The discovery was made at a farm in Lower Saxony. The spokesman of the Ministry of Agriculture Hanover, Gert Hahne, announced that the company hundreds of pigs have been killed already.
In another pig farm of the same Land of dioxin were found values \u200b\u200bclose to those limits. The ministry added that currently are closed on 4400 330 herds initially tightened.
And after the German scandal, Brussels could intervene directly with European legislation to regulate the activity of the feed industry, and prevent recurrence of cases of dioxin contamination.
yesterday at the headquarters of the European Commission's major associations of producers held a meeting today and Patrick Vanden Avenne, president of FEFAC (Federation European compound feed manufacturers), wrote in a statement that the producers are ready to present "by the end of the month" a proposal for self-monitoring on the presence of dioxin.
In its statement today the FEFAC also claimed he had already requested in 2009 that "all plants have also not intended for production of fatty foods" should be regarded as "high-risk facilities," and then undergo "appropriate controls ". In addition, the
FEFAC states that "should be required in this context, the strict separation of physical activity for technical production of fat from fat to feed."
"In fact - said Frederic Vincent, spokesman for European Commissioner for Health John Dalli - yesterday's meeting was disappointing, because it has not received any concrete proposal. We plan to take action before the end of the month. "
SOURCE: ilfattoquotidiano.it
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