ALL Irish Pork being recalled!

Damomanye

http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/1206/agriculture.html

The Food Safety Authority has ordered the withdrawal and recall of all Irish pork products dating back to 1 September.

It follows the discovery of the dioxin PCB in pork at levels between 80 and 200 times the safe limits.

The public have been advised to destroy all pork products
purchased since September.

:eek:

FlutterinBantam

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

I'm just after takin' in half a kilo of Denny's Gold Medal!!

What the fook is goin on??

Jimbo

So all the pork which was consumed in the country since 1 September had the potential to have 80 to 200 times the safe level of PCB? Holy ****.

the groutch

I'll enjoy my M&S BRITISH pork chipolatas even more then :P

tabatha

in case anyone wants to know what the contaminants are here is a link explaining the health implications
http://www.ene.gov.on.ca/en/land/pottersburg/docs/federalfactsheet.pdf

FlutterinBantam

:eek::eek:

I'm on the shítter as we speak..

ninebeanrows

Thats baaaaad

Everyone eats sausages!

Foooooooook

the groutch

bit too much info imo

Saibh

i decided to eat rashers and sausages today for the first time in months and i bought roast pork for tomorrow's dinner:(

galwayrush

Had some less than 20 minutes ago.:mad:

the groutch

so much for buying irish

everyone will now go to m&s to get their british pork

Overheal

Well at least im not the only one not eating rashers. AHAHAHAHAHAHHHAAAAA :pac:

Mint Sauce

just looking at my pizza, has bacon and ham on it amoungst other stuff

<ponders as takes a bite>

georgem25

Saibh wrote: »

i decided to eat rashers and sausages today for the first time in months

+1

veggie brekkie tomorrow!!

Heisenberg.

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shanethemofo

tabatha wrote: »

in case anyone wants to know what the contaminants are here is a link explaining the health implications
http://www.ene.gov.on.ca/en/land/pottersburg/docs/federalfactsheet.pdf

I could lie and say i could make that out, but i wont.

Guy:Incognito

I have the same reaction I had durign the whole BSE thing, Meh and then continue to eat it.

brianthebard

I'm not throwing out my ham, feck that. There's hardly that much ham in it as there is...

Saibh

tabatha wrote: »

in case anyone wants to know what the contaminants are here is a link explaining the health implications
http://www.ene.gov.on.ca/en/land/pottersburg/docs/federalfactsheet.pdf

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

:eek::eek:

I'm on the shítter as we speak..

don't think i want to know what i have just eaten - swine:(

i presume that includes cold meat as well?

the groutch

unlikely to see any this side of christmas, will be emergency phone calls made to uk for suppliers of christmas hams me thinks

tabatha

shanethemofo wrote: »

I could lie and say i could make that out, but i wont.

heres an easier link to understand.....very easy to understand

http://www.videojug.com/interview/dioxin-and-pcbs-explained

bren2002

This is ****in outrageous. How has this gone on for 3 months undetected

lisbon_lions

What i want to know is why the government, who found out last Monday, waited a week to tell us - I had plenty of pork since Monday last. :mad:

mental07

Here I am, a few weeks away from getting home to Ireland and eating a decent fry < shakes fist >

Seriously though, that's actually shocking news.

tabatha

guess this means no ham at christams with the turkey

this also happened in belgium in 1999.....

Trotter

According to the Irish Times website

The contamination first came to light last Monday but was only confirmed by Government officials today.

So this could have been dealt with a week ago?? Is there anything this shower can actually do right?? :mad:



Sorry Lisbon_Lions got there before me.

javaboy

At least we can still eat beef, chicken, fish, ham and bacon. It's only pork that's affected right?

the groutch

surely it's the fault of the HSE
I'm assuming someone has gotten sick as a result, and they should have picked up on it sooner

Conor108

Pepperoni is beef right? Not Pork?

I dont want to stop eating MY pizza

the groutch

pepperoni is pork, but check where the pizza is made

Saibh

Conor108 wrote: »

Pepperoni is beef right? Not Pork?

I dont want to stop eating MY pizza

enjoy it, you might as well join the rest of us, it might be your last one for a while

ninebeanrows

javaboy wrote: »

At least we can still eat beef, chicken, fish, ham and bacon. It's only pork that's affected right?

Joke?

tabatha

javaboy wrote: »

At least we can still eat beef, chicken, fish, ham and bacon. It's only pork that's affected right?

any pig product is affected. so that means bacon, ham, pork, rashers, sausages, chops, pudding, cold meats also. also means ham on pizzas etc....

brianthebard

javaboy wrote: »

At least we can still eat beef, chicken, fish, ham and bacon. It's only pork that's affected right?

But if you can't put all that between two slices of pork, what's the point in living any more????

Mr. Incognito

Hold on this feed was used at beef farms too

ontaminated feed was used at a total of 47 farms.

Nine of these were pork producing farms. The remaining 38 were beef farms, with one of those also producing pork products.

MORE in fact.

Looks like we're all veggies for xmas

Piste

Ack, since the end of october I've had at least one sausage and rasher breakfast per week, before that I hardly ever ate them! I also eat loads of ham

mikemac

Maybe a daft question. The public are being asked to destroy what they bought.

So if I bought 30 euro worth of unfit pork in Tesco, I destroy it and have no refund from the retailers?

So it's tough luck for the consumer?
I've read the RTE article and don't see any advice for consumers at all.

Ok, it's not the stores fault directly but I reckon a refund is due, they have professional buyers and have to store the pork in certain ways and they better be doing some sort of checks if they are buying thousands of kg of pork from some factory

shayser

lisbon_lions wrote: »

What i want to know is why the government, who found out last Monday, waited a week to tell us - I had plenty of pork since Monday last. :mad:

Six days more profit?

Sharpshooter

Telling the public to destroy all pork bought since September is laughable.
Anytime l have bought pork it is used for dinner that day
or the next. Rarely would l freeze it.:(
l didn't see what part of the country these farm's are in .
Does anyone know?

javaboy

Weathercheck wrote: »

Joke?

Yeah I was trying to set up the Simpsons bit where Homer doesn't believe bacon, ham and pork chops all come from the same animal but there were no takers.

tabatha wrote: »

any pig product is affected. so that means bacon, ham, pork, rashers, sausages, chops, pudding, cold meats also. also means ham on pizzas etc....

Can I still give my dog pig's ears?

brianthebard wrote: »

But if you can't put all that between two slices of pork, what's the point in living any more????

Amen brother. That's a real "ham sandwich".

tabatha

sharpshooterH wrote: »

Telling the public to destroy all pork bought since September is laughable.
Anytime l have bought pork it is used for dinner that day
or the next. Rarely would l freeze it.:(
l didn't see what part of the country these farm's are in .
Does anyone know?

the south east of the country.

Steve

micmclo wrote: »

Maybe a daft question. The public are being asked to destroy what they bought.

So if I bought 30 euro worth of unfit pork in Tesco, I destroy it and have no refund from the retailers?

So it's tough luck for the consumer?
I've read the RTE article and don't see any advice for consumers at all.

Ok, it's not the stores fault directly but I reckon a refund is due, they have professional buyers and have to store the pork in certain ways and they better be doing some sort of checks if they are buying thousands of kg of pork from some factory

Was just thinking the same thing... just re-stocked the sossie drawer in the freezer today and still have half of fridays side of bacon in the fridge for making sambo's.. :mad:

Terry

javaboy wrote: »

Yeah I was trying to set up the Simpsons bit where Homer doesn't believe bacon, ham and pork chops all come from the same animal but there were no takers.

Sorry.
I was a bit late to the thread.
I would have gone along with it.

I've a pound of deny gold medal in the fridge.
I'll take my chances.

CrowdedHouse

FFS I look forward to the Sunday morning fry up...I think I'll chance it :pac:

Arctic89

So these things cause cancer apparently, or so the radio just told me.

KnifeWRENCH

Ah that's bollocks.
I still want ham with my Christmas Day, cancer risk or no cancer risk.

tabatha

Arctic89 wrote: »

So these things cause cancer apparently, or so the radio just told me.

cancer and birth defects.....lots of very serious problems apparently.

Harpy

i've had 3 fries this week i know very unhealthy but i was studyin in college so i just decided to get it and i eat so much ham...i also want to order a pizza now.. i think i'll try get one anyway just hope the pizza place doesn't buy irish..

big b

Jaysus, town's going to be quiet tonight if no pigs are allowed out.

the groutch

micmclo wrote: »

Maybe a daft question. The public are being asked to destroy what they bought.

So if I bought 30 euro worth of unfit pork in Tesco, I destroy it and have no refund from the retailers?

So it's tough luck for the consumer?
I've read the RTE article and don't see any advice for consumers at all.

Ok, it's not the stores fault directly but I reckon a refund is due, they have professional buyers and have to store the pork in certain ways and they better be doing some sort of checks if they are buying thousands of kg of pork from some factory

any supermarket with any common sense will give full refunds, it wouldnt be worth it to lose a customer's entire christmas shop over a few quid worth of bacon that they can in turn claim back off their suppliers

kleefarr

Just read out that news report to my in-laws. All they did was laugh and said it's ballacks! Oh well. They all had roast pork last night. I didn't.