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12/01/2011
Arrests Follow Pork Contamination Scare
An investigation into the 2008 Irish pork contamination scare has led to the arrests of four men in Northern Ireland
The men, aged 25, 27, 29 and 43, were arrested on suspicion of fraud by false representation in counties Armagh and Tyrone.
In 2008, all Irish pork products were recalled from supermarkets across the EU and some world markets.
The recall was ordered after meal on a number of farms was found to have had between 80 and 200 times more dioxins than the safety limit.
The scare cost pig producers an estimated 100m euros.
Last month, O'Neill Fuels Ltd, in County Tyrone, were ordered to pay a total of 38.7m euros in damages to Millstream Power Recycling Ltd, in County Wexford.
Millstream, at the centre of the scare, said the oil used had not been tested for dioxins due to their ban in the 1970s.
O'Neill Fuels denied that any fuel supplied contained dioxins.
Last month, the judge at the High Court in Dublin, struck out the case as O'Neill Fuels had not entered a defence.
(BMcN/GK)
The men, aged 25, 27, 29 and 43, were arrested on suspicion of fraud by false representation in counties Armagh and Tyrone.
In 2008, all Irish pork products were recalled from supermarkets across the EU and some world markets.
The recall was ordered after meal on a number of farms was found to have had between 80 and 200 times more dioxins than the safety limit.
The scare cost pig producers an estimated 100m euros.
Last month, O'Neill Fuels Ltd, in County Tyrone, were ordered to pay a total of 38.7m euros in damages to Millstream Power Recycling Ltd, in County Wexford.
Millstream, at the centre of the scare, said the oil used had not been tested for dioxins due to their ban in the 1970s.
O'Neill Fuels denied that any fuel supplied contained dioxins.
Last month, the judge at the High Court in Dublin, struck out the case as O'Neill Fuels had not entered a defence.
(BMcN/GK)
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