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ALL Irish Pork being recalled!

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  • #122
    boxplayer1973
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35 ✭boxplayer1973


    From RTE:

    Chief Medical Officer says move is precautionary

    The state's Chief Medical Officer said there was no need for the public to worry and that the government had taken a precautionary approach to minimise the risk to public health.

    Dr Tony Holohan said the public should simply destroy what pork products they have in their fridge and freezer.

    He said the dioxin is only dangerous if a person is exposed to it over a long period of time. In such circumstances, he said, it can have a range of effects on organs such as the liver and nervous system.

    But he stressed that the period in question here is much shorter, and such effects should not arise as the exposure has been identified at an early stage.

    Dr Holohan said because there is no risk from the low exposure, people do not need to seek medical help.

    ********************

    So enjoy your Sunday fry! Actually, for years people have been saying about the low meat content of sausages and pudding, so risk would be even less.

    Japan had a serious disease after a contamination in 1960s, but there people ingested the equivalent of the feed - here it's different.


  • #123
    redshoulder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 228 ✭✭redshoulder


    I wonder how they haven't recalled any beef yet since 38 of the 47 farms were beef farms.


  • #124
    Arctic89
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 327 ✭✭Arctic89


    Archeron wrote: »
    I would really hate to be a cow right now.

    I'd rather be a cow than a pig, they goin' get culled!!


  • #125
    msg11
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,572 ✭✭✭msg11


    The Scientist wrote: »
    Does that mean there wont be any pork for sale for a few weeks/months?

    Yup, Working in Tesco tonight, all products containing irl pork are removed.

    You can check the product, by looking for a circular shape on the package that contains the letters IE, or UK. If its IE then its unsafe anything else and it should be ok!


  • #126
    BrianD3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,911 ✭✭✭BrianD3


    I notice the RTE reports say the levels of PCB are 80-200 times the safe level in the feed. Unless you're a pig, you'll surely be more interested in the levels in the meat

    But it does raise some other interesting questions eg
    How much of this stuff will have come out in the pig's sh1t? Pig sh1t is a fertiliser, does this mean that the PCB may have gotten into other parts of the food chain including vegetables etc.


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  • #127
    Mr.Nice Guy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 45,643 ✭✭✭✭Mr.Nice Guy


    Maybe a bit of a dumb question but what about bacon flavoured products like bacon crisps? Can we eat them?


  • #128
    GhostInTheRuins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,015 ✭✭✭GhostInTheRuins


    Gyalist wrote: »
    Can't help feeling smug as I have never eaten a single pork product in my life.

    Feeling smug? I would rather have been aborted then live a life without eating pork to be honest.


  • #129
    Steve
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,575 ✭✭✭✭Steve


    msg11 wrote: »
    You can check the product, by looking for a circular shape on the package that contains the letters IE, or UK. If its IE then its unsafe anything else and it should be ok!

    I thought that just meant it was processed in IE, not necessarily grown here?


  • #130
    Steve
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,575 ✭✭✭✭Steve


    Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »
    Maybe a bit of a dumb question but what about bacon flavoured products like bacon crisps? Can we eat them?

    Most of them say 'suitable for vegetarians', work it out.;)

    Most flavourings don't contain the flavour they claim to be so they're probably worse for you anyway.


  • #131
    brianthebard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,165 ✭✭✭✭brianthebard


    redshoulder wrote: »
    I wonder how they haven't recalled any beef yet since 38 of the 47 farms were beef farms.

    Beef might be only for the local market. It may have been exposed to much lower levels of contaminant-pigs are more intensively raised.


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  • #132
    BroomBurner
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,737 ✭✭✭BroomBurner


    BrianD3 wrote: »

    But it does raise some other interesting questions eg
    How much of this stuff will have come out in the pig's sh1t? Pig sh1t is a fertiliser, does this mean that the PCB may have gotten into other parts of the food chain including vegetables etc.


    Very good point, actually. Who's going to look in to answering that question?

    Had pork belly for dinner there, a second one is being prep'd for tomorrow's dinner also but feeling a little paranoid now.

    For God's sake, the substance has been banned since 1979, so why is it cropping up nearly 30 years later?


  • #133
    bigpinkelephant
    Closed Accounts Posts: 792 ✭✭✭bigpinkelephant


    Up until yesterday I worked for one of Ireland's biggest food manufacturers.
    They spent all day yesterday in a panic over this as it affects almost all theirt customers and thousands of cases of product will have to be removed from stores...

    I left on the right day anyway!


  • #134
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,968 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    Stand by for a flood of Norn Iron meat products plus Danish and Brazilian produce. We can trust the Brazilians after all.


  • #135
    brianthebard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,165 ✭✭✭✭brianthebard


    Isn't Brazilian beef still banned? Hope so. (although I haven't had any meat in ages so it doesn't matter either way I guess)


  • #136
    barnacle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 238 ✭✭barnacle


    GhostInTheRuins wrote: »
    Feeling smug? I would rather have been aborted then live a life without eating pork to be honest.

    QFT


  • #137
    Zaph
    Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47,396 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    No more rasher sandwiches? Wtf are we going to eat in BGRH? :(


  • #138
    mental07
    Closed Accounts Posts: 994 ✭✭✭mental07


    Zaph wrote: »
    No more rasher sandwiches? Wtf are we going to eat in BGRH? :(
    A lovely salad.


  • #139
    ejmaztec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,290 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    But there's nothing to replace a good pork....:eek:


  • #140
    Trinity
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,662 ✭✭✭Trinity


    bren2002 wrote: »
    This is ****in outrageous. How has this gone on for 3 months undetected


    I can only guess the amount of pork i've eaten in 3 months, i live on sausages and ham sandwiches. Fcuk sake i am probably riddled by now and my kids have ham sambos a lot too, in fact its all my son eats for school lunches :mad:


  • #141
    gurramok
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,992 ✭✭✭✭gurramok


    People! Get to the panic stations! We're all gonna die!! :D:D


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  • #142
    Dennis the Stone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,358 ✭✭✭Dennis the Stone


    Damn it, I had intended to eat a lot of pork this week but I'm worried about cancer.. Instead of eating tonight I'm just going to have to smoke a whole packet of fags instead to take my mind off the hunger


  • #143
    Saibh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,431 ✭✭✭✭Saibh


    from sky news
    Animal feed contaminated with harmful toxins is understood to have infected pork and bacon products.
    It includes foods sold across Ireland and exported to the UK.
    In a statement, the irish government said: "This recall involves retailers, the hospitality sector and the Irish pig processing sector.
    "Preliminary evidence indicates that the contamination problem is likely to have started in September 2008."
    Ireland's Food Safety Authority revealed pork products on a number of farms were found to have up to 200 times more dioxins than the recognised safety limit.
    Officials are still investigating "the extent of the contamination and to identify the processors and products involved".
    Dioxins are environmental contaminants that may be formed during combustion processes and may be present in industrial wastes.
    It is illegal for dioxins at certain levels to be in food products, and they have been linked to an increased risk of cancer.
    Consumers and retailers have been warned to destroy all Irish pork products bought since that date.
    Ireland's farms produce more than three million pigs a year, nearly half of which are consumed within the Republic.
    But Irish pork also is heavily exported to the UK - last year around 50,000 tons of pig meat was sent over.
    The British Food Standards Agency said in a statement its officials "do not believe there will be a significant risk to UK consumers".
    Pig farming is the fourth biggest sector in Irish agriculture and is worth around 400 million euro to the Irish economy.
    It is feared the recall could cripple the country's 400 pig farmers in the run up to Christmas.


  • #144
    Zaph
    Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47,396 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    mental07 wrote: »
    A lovely salad.

    Wash your mouth out!


  • #145
    BroomBurner
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,737 ✭✭✭BroomBurner


    Actually, if they only found the contaminated feed on 9 farms, why not just name them so we can all continue to buy pork from farms that didn't use the feed? Or are there only 9 pork farms in Ireland?


  • #146
    Conor108
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,871 ✭✭✭Conor108


    mental07 wrote: »
    A lovely salad.

    *Starts congaline*

    You dont make friends with salad, you dont make friends with salad.....


  • #147
    spadder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 985 ✭✭✭spadder


    same feed was used on 38 cattle farms! yet no word on beef recall


  • #148
    old boy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,658 ✭✭✭old boy


    some spurs fans are safe


  • #149
    pinder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 130 ✭✭pinder


    i just bought 30 sausages yesterday,3 quid.delighted with myself for such a shrewd purchase,how the mighty have fallen


  • #150
    dbyrne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 251 ✭✭dbyrne


    Raiser wrote: »
    Its a self-preservation ruse by Mary Harney.

    Bertie used to do things like this also, once things were getting hot for him a scandel would break out like the Health system was down the toilets etc.

    Unfortunetly this is going to destroy our pork industry for a long time and more jobs are going to be lost from farmers to manufacturers... another sad day in the history of the government if they new since monday and basically did nothing.... name the farms, trace the products and get them off the shelves, alot of products that are safe are going to be thrown out because of them. I have a pork defrosting and its gonna go in the bin now....

    Viva la revelution.... thats what we need...


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  • #151
    Webmonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,579 ✭✭✭Webmonkey


    Its a conspiracy in order to reduce obesity in Ireland.


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