Re: Dioxin food scare

[Ralph Ryder <Ralph@tcpub.demon.co.uk>]

Hi gang
I'm working from memory, (which isn't so good nowadays,) but can anyone
help me with information about an outbreak of chick edema disease in
Teaxs around the late 70's (1978/9?) which saw the destruction of
hundreds and thousands of PCB contaminated chickens and their eggs.  I
believe the source was fish meal that had been contaminated with in a
fire 

Also, have the Belgium's tested the poultry meat and if so what levels
of dioxin contamination are we talking about and how do they compare to
the Texas contamination? Any general info anyone has on this type of
incident and the level of contamination (ppm) would be much appreciated.

wishing you good health and 'safe' tasty food


Ralph
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