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09/12/2008
Oil Blamed For Feed Scare
What has been described as 'unlicensed oil' being utilised at an animal feed factory was blamed this week for the international food scare that has threatened thousands of jobs and will result in the destruction of 100,000 pigs.
The Republic's multimillion-euro pig industry was plunged into further chaos as slaughterhouses refused to open this week for business until the government offered a rescue package.
Around 1,500 workers were put on protective notice as pork producers faced an £87 million bill from the recall of all pork products from around the world.
Tests at a food recycling plant caught at the centre of the crisis revealed oil used in a burner to heat food products being recycled into animal feed was "inappropriate".
(BMcC)
The Republic's multimillion-euro pig industry was plunged into further chaos as slaughterhouses refused to open this week for business until the government offered a rescue package.
Around 1,500 workers were put on protective notice as pork producers faced an £87 million bill from the recall of all pork products from around the world.
Tests at a food recycling plant caught at the centre of the crisis revealed oil used in a burner to heat food products being recycled into animal feed was "inappropriate".
(BMcC)
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