UK: Tainted milk discovered at UK farms
By: just-food.com | 6 February 2009
Milk produced at two dairy farms in Northern Ireland has been blocked from entering the food chain, after tests found cancer-causing dioxin levels above legal limits, the UK's Food Standards Agency said today (6 February).
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Milk produced at two dairy farms in Northern Ireland has been blocked from entering the food chain, after tests found cancer-causing dioxin levels above legal limits, the UK's Food Standards Agency said today (6 February).
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