Commission alerted on Germany food contamination

Germany's agricultural ministry announced January 2011 that over 4,700 farms had been closed as a precaution after fears of dioxin contamination in animal feed. Nearly all of the closures were in Lower Saxony.

The European Commission was informed under the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF).

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Deutsche Welle, 8.1.11: Slovakia, South Korea halt German meat imports amid dioxin scare http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,14757441,00.html

Spiegel Online International, 7.1.11: Report Claims German Company Knew of Dioxin for Weeks http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,738337,00.html

European Commission: DG Communication: MEMO/11/8: Questions and Answers – Dioxin incident in Germany http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/11/8&format=PDF&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

European Commission: DG Environment: Chemicals: Dioxin exposure and health http://ec.europa.eu/environment/dioxin/index.htm

BBC News, 7.1.11: Dioxin animal feed scare shuts German farms http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12133361

Deutsche Welle, 7.1.11: Number of farms closed by dioxin scare quadruples http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,14755372,00.html

European Commission: DG Health and Consumers: Overview: Food and Feed Safety: Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/rapidalert/rasff_portal_database_en.htm

Spiegel Online International, 5.1.11: Germany's Food Contamination Scandal Widens http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,737952,00.html

EUObserver, 7.1.11: Germany's poisonous eggs found in Britain, Netherlands http://euobserver.com/9/31603

EurActiv, 12.1.11: Brussels disappointed by German response to dioxin crisis http://www.euractiv.com/en/cap/brussels-disappointed-german-response-dioxin-crisis-news-501155

BBC News, 11.1.11: Germany to kill hundreds of pigs tainted with dioxin http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12160355

Deutsche Welle, 11.1.11: Dioxin contamination spreads to pigs http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,14761797,00.html

Spiegel Online International, 10.1.11: The Criminal Machinations of the Feed Industry http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,738610,00.html

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