Zackariah
12-09-2008, 8:00 AM
Im sure everyone knows about the huge Irish pork scare that dioxins comtaminated the feed that was being fed to the animals.
Dioxins are environmental contaminants that may be formed during combustion processes and may be present in industrial wastes.
( Which in some rare case causes cancers RARE being key) Apperently the levels of this dioxin found were in some cases were 200 times the legal limit!
The Irish government acts fast on this one within hours of this being announced theyve already devised a plan. 400 million pig meat industry is to literally stop. No products were to move from factorys, doesnt even matter if there contaminated or not nothing was to move.
So the second plan of action from the government was a mass recall off the following pork products in Ireland ( Myabe England Wales Scotland may have taken some precatuions too) . These are the products that atm you cant buy in Ireland. Bacon, rashers, pork sausages, sausage meat, gammon steaks, offal from pigs, salami, ham, sausage rolls, black pudding, white pudding, pork pate, pork pies, ready meals, pizzas and sandwiches with Irish pork/bacon as an ingredient ( That means no ham as a pizza topping!).
You can't even get a batter sausage in the chipper! Honest to God. The best bit is this is just a fucking precaution there telling us that even if we were to continue to eat pork products nothings going to happen but we just shouldnt risk it and destroy or return any pork products we have. Unless youve been exposed to this stuff over the past 20 years your certainly in no danger!
Ireland's chief veterinary officer Paddy Rogan said contaminated pork from the Republic may have reached up to 25 other countries.So now its the worlds problem too? And all that will probably have to be accounted for aswell.
So the EU says fair play to the irish government you acted swiftly and took the right precautions. Thats great and all but within three days of the government taking these measures 2000 people have been "Temporarily laid off," Now with fears of no compenstation or little amount alot of these jobs are in the balance theres another 6000 at risk of losing there jobs. The EU have basically said Ireland did well but hump ya's if were going to help you out now! Unless the pig farmers get there compenstation there wont be any hams in ireland this christmas! ( Theres a great thing to put on E-bay this Christmas!)
As if this little recession hit country couldnt fall any lower
Now there saying that beef is comtaminated too!?
Out of 11 herds that were tested, three tested above legislative limits for PCBs in beef. There still currently testing cattle herds but even if any were above the legal limit of dioxins they' wouldnt be taken off the market no way Irelands agriculture sector couldn't survive another blow like that!!
I'd say with how things are turning out Ireland have saved face but in doing so the government has caused alot of problems for people especially coming up to Christmas!
All that aside i dont think i can manage a Christmas without "Ham," :bangkill:
Dioxins are environmental contaminants that may be formed during combustion processes and may be present in industrial wastes.
( Which in some rare case causes cancers RARE being key) Apperently the levels of this dioxin found were in some cases were 200 times the legal limit!
The Irish government acts fast on this one within hours of this being announced theyve already devised a plan. 400 million pig meat industry is to literally stop. No products were to move from factorys, doesnt even matter if there contaminated or not nothing was to move.
So the second plan of action from the government was a mass recall off the following pork products in Ireland ( Myabe England Wales Scotland may have taken some precatuions too) . These are the products that atm you cant buy in Ireland. Bacon, rashers, pork sausages, sausage meat, gammon steaks, offal from pigs, salami, ham, sausage rolls, black pudding, white pudding, pork pate, pork pies, ready meals, pizzas and sandwiches with Irish pork/bacon as an ingredient ( That means no ham as a pizza topping!).
You can't even get a batter sausage in the chipper! Honest to God. The best bit is this is just a fucking precaution there telling us that even if we were to continue to eat pork products nothings going to happen but we just shouldnt risk it and destroy or return any pork products we have. Unless youve been exposed to this stuff over the past 20 years your certainly in no danger!
Ireland's chief veterinary officer Paddy Rogan said contaminated pork from the Republic may have reached up to 25 other countries.So now its the worlds problem too? And all that will probably have to be accounted for aswell.
So the EU says fair play to the irish government you acted swiftly and took the right precautions. Thats great and all but within three days of the government taking these measures 2000 people have been "Temporarily laid off," Now with fears of no compenstation or little amount alot of these jobs are in the balance theres another 6000 at risk of losing there jobs. The EU have basically said Ireland did well but hump ya's if were going to help you out now! Unless the pig farmers get there compenstation there wont be any hams in ireland this christmas! ( Theres a great thing to put on E-bay this Christmas!)
As if this little recession hit country couldnt fall any lower
Now there saying that beef is comtaminated too!?
Out of 11 herds that were tested, three tested above legislative limits for PCBs in beef. There still currently testing cattle herds but even if any were above the legal limit of dioxins they' wouldnt be taken off the market no way Irelands agriculture sector couldn't survive another blow like that!!
I'd say with how things are turning out Ireland have saved face but in doing so the government has caused alot of problems for people especially coming up to Christmas!
All that aside i dont think i can manage a Christmas without "Ham," :bangkill: