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Date: 07 Dec 2008 17:38:18
From: BeaForoni
Subject: Irish and Their Pigs
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http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3216546816/tt0046280
Tainted Irish pork may have reached 25 nations
Sun Dec 7, 4:03 pm ET Reuters =96 =85 DUBLIN/LONDON (Reuters) =96 Irish
pig meat contaminated with toxic dioxins could have been exported to
as many as 25 countries, including France and the Netherlands, Irish
government officials said on Sunday.
The Irish government has recalled all domestic pork products from
shops, restaurants and food processing plants because of contamination
with dioxin -- which in some forms and concentrations, and with long
exposure, can cause cancer and other health problems.
Neighboring Britain, the main export market, has warned consumers not
to eat any Irish pork products after tests revealed the contamination.
"We believe it's in the order of 20-25 countries. It's certainly less
than 30," Chief Veterinary Officer Paddy Rogan told a news conference,
speaking about how many countries could be affected, but he did not
list all of them.
France and the Netherlands notified Ireland they had received
contaminated shipments of meat or processed foods which later turned
out to have originated in Ireland, while Belgium received contaminated
by-products, officials said.
"They didn't contact us until we had gone public," Rogan said.
Authorities said 10 farms in Ireland and a further 9 farms in the
British province of Northern Ireland had used a contaminated pig feed
that prompted Dublin to announce the recall on Saturday.
Britain's Food Stands Agency, a government body tasked with protecting
public health and consumer interests, said it was investigating
whether any contaminated pork products had been distributed in the UK
-- a major importer of Irish pig meat.
"The Food Standards Agency is today advising consumers not to eat pork
or pork products, such as sausages, bacon, salami and ham, which are
labeled as being from the Irish Republic or Northern Ireland," it said
in a statement.
British supermarket group Asda, owned by U.S. retail giant Wal-Mart,
said it was pulling all Irish pork products from its shelves.
RISKS LOW, CONSUMERS WORRY
The Irish government said on Saturday that laboratory tests of animal
feed and pork fat samples confirmed the presence of dioxins, with
toxins at 80-200 times the safe limits. Preliminary evidence indicated
the problem was likely to have started in September of this year, it
added.
The Irish Exporters Association said the total exports of pig meat and
related added value products such as pizzas, pies and sandwiches
containing pork was about 750 million euros ($950 million). It said 63
percent of this went to the UK.
Britain's FSA said it did "not believe there is significant risk to UK
consumers."
The Irish Association of Pigmeat Processors said the contaminated pig
feed came from one supplier and the source had been contained.
Experts also said the risk to consumers was low.
"These compounds take a long time to accumulate in the body, so a
relatively short period of exposure would have little impact on the
total body burden," said Professor Alan Boobis, toxicologist at
Imperial College London.
"One would have to be exposed to high levels for a long period of time
before there would be a health risk."
Irish officials compared the case to a contamination scare in Belgian
poultry in 1999, which has not been found to have had any negative
health effects. They added that pork products would return to the
shelves within days.
The European Commission said Ireland had acted well and quickly in
recalling all locally produced pork products.
But people in Dublin were worried.
Teresa Moran, 57, a careworker and mother of five, said: "I have two
pieces of pork in the freezer and I'm afraid of my life to touch them.
I don't know what we are going to do about the ham for Christmas.
We'll just have to wait and see."
Ireland's Food Minister Trevor Sargent said the problem may originate
with by-products of baking that are dried to be used as animal feed.
The fuel used in the drying process should be a food-grade oil.
"We do have our suspicions this time that the oil being used was not
food grade and therefore may have led to the contamination which has
caused such a crisis throughout the industry but only affecting a
small amount of pork."
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Date: 07 Dec 2008 21:53:19
From: Irish Mike
Subject: Re: Irish and Their Pigs
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This was actually an assassination attempt by the IRA. They sent 100 pounds
of tainted pork chops and bacon rinds to Washington for Obama's inauguration
dinner.
Irish Mike
"BeaForoni" <BeaForoni@msn.com > wrote in message
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http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3216546816/tt0046280
Tainted Irish pork may have reached 25 nations
Sun Dec 7, 4:03 pm ET Reuters – … DUBLIN/LONDON (Reuters) – Irish
pig meat contaminated with toxic dioxins could have been exported to
as many as 25 countries, including France and the Netherlands, Irish
government officials said on Sunday.
The Irish government has recalled all domestic pork products from
shops, restaurants and food processing plants because of contamination
with dioxin -- which in some forms and concentrations, and with long
exposure, can cause cancer and other health problems.
Neighboring Britain, the main export market, has warned consumers not
to eat any Irish pork products after tests revealed the contamination.
"We believe it's in the order of 20-25 countries. It's certainly less
than 30," Chief Veterinary Officer Paddy Rogan told a news conference,
speaking about how many countries could be affected, but he did not
list all of them.
France and the Netherlands notified Ireland they had received
contaminated shipments of meat or processed foods which later turned
out to have originated in Ireland, while Belgium received contaminated
by-products, officials said.
"They didn't contact us until we had gone public," Rogan said.
Authorities said 10 farms in Ireland and a further 9 farms in the
British province of Northern Ireland had used a contaminated pig feed
that prompted Dublin to announce the recall on Saturday.
Britain's Food Stands Agency, a government body tasked with protecting
public health and consumer interests, said it was investigating
whether any contaminated pork products had been distributed in the UK
-- a major importer of Irish pig meat.
"The Food Standards Agency is today advising consumers not to eat pork
or pork products, such as sausages, bacon, salami and ham, which are
labeled as being from the Irish Republic or Northern Ireland," it said
in a statement.
British supermarket group Asda, owned by U.S. retail giant Wal-Mart,
said it was pulling all Irish pork products from its shelves.
RISKS LOW, CONSUMERS WORRY
The Irish government said on Saturday that laboratory tests of animal
feed and pork fat samples confirmed the presence of dioxins, with
toxins at 80-200 times the safe limits. Preliminary evidence indicated
the problem was likely to have started in September of this year, it
added.
The Irish Exporters Association said the total exports of pig meat and
related added value products such as pizzas, pies and sandwiches
containing pork was about 750 million euros ($950 million). It said 63
percent of this went to the UK.
Britain's FSA said it did "not believe there is significant risk to UK
consumers."
The Irish Association of Pigmeat Processors said the contaminated pig
feed came from one supplier and the source had been contained.
Experts also said the risk to consumers was low.
"These compounds take a long time to accumulate in the body, so a
relatively short period of exposure would have little impact on the
total body burden," said Professor Alan Boobis, toxicologist at
Imperial College London.
"One would have to be exposed to high levels for a long period of time
before there would be a health risk."
Irish officials compared the case to a contamination scare in Belgian
poultry in 1999, which has not been found to have had any negative
health effects. They added that pork products would return to the
shelves within days.
The European Commission said Ireland had acted well and quickly in
recalling all locally produced pork products.
But people in Dublin were worried.
Teresa Moran, 57, a careworker and mother of five, said: "I have two
pieces of pork in the freezer and I'm afraid of my life to touch them.
I don't know what we are going to do about the ham for Christmas.
We'll just have to wait and see."
Ireland's Food Minister Trevor Sargent said the problem may originate
with by-products of baking that are dried to be used as animal feed.
The fuel used in the drying process should be a food-grade oil.
"We do have our suspicions this time that the oil being used was not
food grade and therefore may have led to the contamination which has
caused such a crisis throughout the industry but only affecting a
small amount of pork."
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Date: 08 Dec 2008 18:22:18
From: hanks
Subject: Re: Irish and Their Pigs
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On Dec 7 2008 6:53 PM, Irish Mike wrote:
> This was actually an assassination attempt by the IRA. They sent 100 pounds
> of tainted pork chops and bacon rinds to Washington for Obama's inauguration
> dinner.
>
> Irish Mike
>Dear Mikey,I would like to call to your attention the fact that there is a
difference between niggers and black people, African Americans or negroes.
You however, are nothing but a low-life nigger, nothing more, nothing
less!!!!
hanks
>
> "BeaForoni" <BeaForoni@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:2b8a66d5-8209-4589-9638-8da7c849cb4e@a12g2000pro.googlegroups.com...
> http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3216546816/tt0046280
>
> Tainted Irish pork may have reached 25 nations
>
>
> Sun Dec 7, 4:03 pm ET Reuters – … DUBLIN/LONDON (Reuters) – Irish
> pig meat contaminated with toxic dioxins could have been exported to
> as many as 25 countries, including France and the Netherlands, Irish
> government officials said on Sunday.
>
> The Irish government has recalled all domestic pork products from
> shops, restaurants and food processing plants because of contamination
> with dioxin -- which in some forms and concentrations, and with long
> exposure, can cause cancer and other health problems.
>
> Neighboring Britain, the main export market, has warned consumers not
> to eat any Irish pork products after tests revealed the contamination.
>
> "We believe it's in the order of 20-25 countries. It's certainly less
> than 30," Chief Veterinary Officer Paddy Rogan told a news conference,
> speaking about how many countries could be affected, but he did not
> list all of them.
>
> France and the Netherlands notified Ireland they had received
> contaminated shipments of meat or processed foods which later turned
> out to have originated in Ireland, while Belgium received contaminated
> by-products, officials said.
>
> "They didn't contact us until we had gone public," Rogan said.
>
> Authorities said 10 farms in Ireland and a further 9 farms in the
> British province of Northern Ireland had used a contaminated pig feed
> that prompted Dublin to announce the recall on Saturday.
>
> Britain's Food Stands Agency, a government body tasked with protecting
> public health and consumer interests, said it was investigating
> whether any contaminated pork products had been distributed in the UK
> -- a major importer of Irish pig meat.
>
> "The Food Standards Agency is today advising consumers not to eat pork
> or pork products, such as sausages, bacon, salami and ham, which are
> labeled as being from the Irish Republic or Northern Ireland," it said
> in a statement.
>
> British supermarket group Asda, owned by U.S. retail giant Wal-Mart,
> said it was pulling all Irish pork products from its shelves.
>
> RISKS LOW, CONSUMERS WORRY
>
> The Irish government said on Saturday that laboratory tests of animal
> feed and pork fat samples confirmed the presence of dioxins, with
> toxins at 80-200 times the safe limits. Preliminary evidence indicated
> the problem was likely to have started in September of this year, it
> added.
>
> The Irish Exporters Association said the total exports of pig meat and
> related added value products such as pizzas, pies and sandwiches
> containing pork was about 750 million euros ($950 million). It said 63
> percent of this went to the UK.
>
> Britain's FSA said it did "not believe there is significant risk to UK
> consumers."
>
> The Irish Association of Pigmeat Processors said the contaminated pig
> feed came from one supplier and the source had been contained.
>
> Experts also said the risk to consumers was low.
>
> "These compounds take a long time to accumulate in the body, so a
> relatively short period of exposure would have little impact on the
> total body burden," said Professor Alan Boobis, toxicologist at
> Imperial College London.
>
> "One would have to be exposed to high levels for a long period of time
> before there would be a health risk."
>
> Irish officials compared the case to a contamination scare in Belgian
> poultry in 1999, which has not been found to have had any negative
> health effects. They added that pork products would return to the
> shelves within days.
>
> The European Commission said Ireland had acted well and quickly in
> recalling all locally produced pork products.
>
> But people in Dublin were worried.
>
> Teresa Moran, 57, a careworker and mother of five, said: "I have two
> pieces of pork in the freezer and I'm afraid of my life to touch them.
> I don't know what we are going to do about the ham for Christmas.
> We'll just have to wait and see."
>
> Ireland's Food Minister Trevor Sargent said the problem may originate
> with by-products of baking that are dried to be used as animal feed.
> The fuel used in the drying process should be a food-grade oil.
>
> "We do have our suspicions this time that the oil being used was not
> food grade and therefore may have led to the contamination which has
> caused such a crisis throughout the industry but only affecting a
> small amount of pork."
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Date: 08 Dec 2008 21:44:44
From: Irish Mike
Subject: Re: Irish and Their Pigs
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"hanks" <hanks43@aol.com > wrote in message
news:qb1116xqgm.ln2@recgroups.com...
> On Dec 7 2008 6:53 PM, Irish Mike wrote:
>
>> This was actually an assassination attempt by the IRA. They sent 100
>> pounds
>> of tainted pork chops and bacon rinds to Washington for Obama's
>> inauguration
>> dinner.
>>
>> Irish Mike
>>Dear Mikey,I would like to call to your attention the fact that there is a
> difference between niggers and black people, African Americans or negroes.
> You however, are nothing but a low-life nigger, nothing more, nothing
> less!!!!
> hanks
Well bucko, that's all the racist crap I ever care to hear from you. I
don't know if you're a drunk, a druggie, a bigot or all three. What I do
know is that you've yet to make a post worth reading. Welcome to the kill
file. Bye-bye. Ploink!
Irish Mike
>
>
>
>>
>> "BeaForoni" <BeaForoni@msn.com> wrote in message
>> news:2b8a66d5-8209-4589-9638-8da7c849cb4e@a12g2000pro.googlegroups.com...
>> http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3216546816/tt0046280
>>
>> Tainted Irish pork may have reached 25 nations
>>
>>
>> Sun Dec 7, 4:03 pm ET Reuters - . DUBLIN/LONDON (Reuters) - Irish
>> pig meat contaminated with toxic dioxins could have been exported to
>> as many as 25 countries, including France and the Netherlands, Irish
>> government officials said on Sunday.
>>
>> The Irish government has recalled all domestic pork products from
>> shops, restaurants and food processing plants because of contamination
>> with dioxin -- which in some forms and concentrations, and with long
>> exposure, can cause cancer and other health problems.
>>
>> Neighboring Britain, the main export market, has warned consumers not
>> to eat any Irish pork products after tests revealed the contamination.
>>
>> "We believe it's in the order of 20-25 countries. It's certainly less
>> than 30," Chief Veterinary Officer Paddy Rogan told a news conference,
>> speaking about how many countries could be affected, but he did not
>> list all of them.
>>
>> France and the Netherlands notified Ireland they had received
>> contaminated shipments of meat or processed foods which later turned
>> out to have originated in Ireland, while Belgium received contaminated
>> by-products, officials said.
>>
>> "They didn't contact us until we had gone public," Rogan said.
>>
>> Authorities said 10 farms in Ireland and a further 9 farms in the
>> British province of Northern Ireland had used a contaminated pig feed
>> that prompted Dublin to announce the recall on Saturday.
>>
>> Britain's Food Stands Agency, a government body tasked with protecting
>> public health and consumer interests, said it was investigating
>> whether any contaminated pork products had been distributed in the UK
>> -- a major importer of Irish pig meat.
>>
>> "The Food Standards Agency is today advising consumers not to eat pork
>> or pork products, such as sausages, bacon, salami and ham, which are
>> labeled as being from the Irish Republic or Northern Ireland," it said
>> in a statement.
>>
>> British supermarket group Asda, owned by U.S. retail giant Wal-Mart,
>> said it was pulling all Irish pork products from its shelves.
>>
>> RISKS LOW, CONSUMERS WORRY
>>
>> The Irish government said on Saturday that laboratory tests of animal
>> feed and pork fat samples confirmed the presence of dioxins, with
>> toxins at 80-200 times the safe limits. Preliminary evidence indicated
>> the problem was likely to have started in September of this year, it
>> added.
>>
>> The Irish Exporters Association said the total exports of pig meat and
>> related added value products such as pizzas, pies and sandwiches
>> containing pork was about 750 million euros ($950 million). It said 63
>> percent of this went to the UK.
>>
>> Britain's FSA said it did "not believe there is significant risk to UK
>> consumers."
>>
>> The Irish Association of Pigmeat Processors said the contaminated pig
>> feed came from one supplier and the source had been contained.
>>
>> Experts also said the risk to consumers was low.
>>
>> "These compounds take a long time to accumulate in the body, so a
>> relatively short period of exposure would have little impact on the
>> total body burden," said Professor Alan Boobis, toxicologist at
>> Imperial College London.
>>
>> "One would have to be exposed to high levels for a long period of time
>> before there would be a health risk."
>>
>> Irish officials compared the case to a contamination scare in Belgian
>> poultry in 1999, which has not been found to have had any negative
>> health effects. They added that pork products would return to the
>> shelves within days.
>>
>> The European Commission said Ireland had acted well and quickly in
>> recalling all locally produced pork products.
>>
>> But people in Dublin were worried.
>>
>> Teresa Moran, 57, a careworker and mother of five, said: "I have two
>> pieces of pork in the freezer and I'm afraid of my life to touch them.
>> I don't know what we are going to do about the ham for Christmas.
>> We'll just have to wait and see."
>>
>> Ireland's Food Minister Trevor Sargent said the problem may originate
>> with by-products of baking that are dried to be used as animal feed.
>> The fuel used in the drying process should be a food-grade oil.
>>
>> "We do have our suspicions this time that the oil being used was not
>> food grade and therefore may have led to the contamination which has
>> caused such a crisis throughout the industry but only affecting a
>> small amount of pork."
>
> ____________________________________________________________________
> RecGroups : the community-oriented newsreader : www.recgroups.com
>
>
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Date: 08 Dec 2008 08:02:12
From: Ambi Valent
Subject: Re: Irish and Their Pigs
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Irish Mike wrote:
> This was actually an assassination attempt by the IRA. They sent 100 pounds
> of tainted pork chops and bacon rinds to Washington for Obama's inauguration
> dinner.
Muslims don't eat pork.
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Date: 08 Dec 2008 09:30:39
From: Irish Mike
Subject: Re: Irish and Their Pigs
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"Ambi Valent" <ambivalent@net.com > wrote in message
news:qV8%k.6387$hc1.5851@flpi150.ffdc.sbc.com...
> Irish Mike wrote:
>
>> This was actually an assassination attempt by the IRA. They sent 100
>> pounds of tainted pork chops and bacon rinds to Washington for Obama's
>> inauguration dinner.
>
> Muslims don't eat pork.
Fuck all - forgot about that! Not to worry, the lads are boxin' up 300
pounds of bad fried chicken as we speak.
That'll be enough to take out him, Jeremiah Wright and a dozen crooked ACORN
vote riggers. Think of it as the IRA's gift to working middle class
Americans.
Irish Mike
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Date: 07 Dec 2008 21:27:57
From: MZB
Subject: Re: Irish and Their Pigs
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Wow. We are not the only ones contaminated by Irish
Mel
"BeaForoni" <BeaForoni@msn.com > wrote in message
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http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3216546816/tt0046280
Tainted Irish pork may have reached 25 nations
Sun Dec 7, 4:03 pm ET Reuters – … DUBLIN/LONDON (Reuters) – Irish
pig meat contaminated with toxic dioxins could have been exported to
as many as 25 countries, including France and the Netherlands, Irish
government officials said on Sunday.
The Irish government has recalled all domestic pork products from
shops, restaurants and food processing plants because of contamination
with dioxin -- which in some forms and concentrations, and with long
exposure, can cause cancer and other health problems.
Neighboring Britain, the main export market, has warned consumers not
to eat any Irish pork products after tests revealed the contamination.
"We believe it's in the order of 20-25 countries. It's certainly less
than 30," Chief Veterinary Officer Paddy Rogan told a news conference,
speaking about how many countries could be affected, but he did not
list all of them.
France and the Netherlands notified Ireland they had received
contaminated shipments of meat or processed foods which later turned
out to have originated in Ireland, while Belgium received contaminated
by-products, officials said.
"They didn't contact us until we had gone public," Rogan said.
Authorities said 10 farms in Ireland and a further 9 farms in the
British province of Northern Ireland had used a contaminated pig feed
that prompted Dublin to announce the recall on Saturday.
Britain's Food Stands Agency, a government body tasked with protecting
public health and consumer interests, said it was investigating
whether any contaminated pork products had been distributed in the UK
-- a major importer of Irish pig meat.
"The Food Standards Agency is today advising consumers not to eat pork
or pork products, such as sausages, bacon, salami and ham, which are
labeled as being from the Irish Republic or Northern Ireland," it said
in a statement.
British supermarket group Asda, owned by U.S. retail giant Wal-Mart,
said it was pulling all Irish pork products from its shelves.
RISKS LOW, CONSUMERS WORRY
The Irish government said on Saturday that laboratory tests of animal
feed and pork fat samples confirmed the presence of dioxins, with
toxins at 80-200 times the safe limits. Preliminary evidence indicated
the problem was likely to have started in September of this year, it
added.
The Irish Exporters Association said the total exports of pig meat and
related added value products such as pizzas, pies and sandwiches
containing pork was about 750 million euros ($950 million). It said 63
percent of this went to the UK.
Britain's FSA said it did "not believe there is significant risk to UK
consumers."
The Irish Association of Pigmeat Processors said the contaminated pig
feed came from one supplier and the source had been contained.
Experts also said the risk to consumers was low.
"These compounds take a long time to accumulate in the body, so a
relatively short period of exposure would have little impact on the
total body burden," said Professor Alan Boobis, toxicologist at
Imperial College London.
"One would have to be exposed to high levels for a long period of time
before there would be a health risk."
Irish officials compared the case to a contamination scare in Belgian
poultry in 1999, which has not been found to have had any negative
health effects. They added that pork products would return to the
shelves within days.
The European Commission said Ireland had acted well and quickly in
recalling all locally produced pork products.
But people in Dublin were worried.
Teresa Moran, 57, a careworker and mother of five, said: "I have two
pieces of pork in the freezer and I'm afraid of my life to touch them.
I don't know what we are going to do about the ham for Christmas.
We'll just have to wait and see."
Ireland's Food Minister Trevor Sargent said the problem may originate
with by-products of baking that are dried to be used as animal feed.
The fuel used in the drying process should be a food-grade oil.
"We do have our suspicions this time that the oil being used was not
food grade and therefore may have led to the contamination which has
caused such a crisis throughout the industry but only affecting a
small amount of pork."
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