dioxin in gelatin?

[Jon Campbell <Jon.Campbell@MetraTech.com>]

Hi, folks,

      Has anyone seen or does anyone remember seeing anything about dioxin
measurements in gelatin? Anyone know where gelatin is produced? I assume it
is from steer remains - the rendering plants - and there was some talk in
the UK about the possibility that the MadCow prion (or whatever agent was
responsible for madcow disease) might be found in gelatin, but that is the
only reference to gelatin that I have seen. I have to assume that since it
is a by-product of meat production that it is likely to have dioxin
residues.

      The reason I ask is both for personal and research reasons. I take a
huge pile of vitamin supplements (especially during recovery of a herniated
disc - lots of ginseng, Vitamin C, gingko, vitamin A, etc) which are all
wrapped in gelatin. If gelatin is in fact dioxin contaminated, we should be
convincing the supplement manufacturers to go to "vegicaps".

Thanks
Jon Campbell