The Irish authority preliminarily determined on December 7 that a feed processing plant using recycled materials contaminated the pork with dioxin. The pork products contaminated by dioxin might have been exported to 25 countries and regions.
The Irish police are investigating the plant.
Suspected of adding engine oil into feed
Information from multiple channels confirmed that the Irish authority had identified the source of dioxin contamination.
According to an AFP report on December 8, the Irish police was investigating a feed processing plant of Milstream Energy Recovery Ltd. in County Carlow in the southwest.