Cancer scare in Irish pork!!!

Navek



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Message Posted:
07/12/2008 13:09

Britain was put on a food safety alert last night after cancer-causing dioxins were found in pork products in Ireland.



The warning was flashed to the UK after it was confirmed the poisons had been found in bacon and ham produced in the Irish Republic.

All Irish pork products were recalled from stores in Ireland





Follow link.........





http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1092544/Cancer-scare-Irish-pork-puts-British-stores-food-safety-alert.html

windmill


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Message Posted:
07/12/2008 13:14

Navek,

I have just come back from sainsbury,there pork was half price,should i eat it ?

Yes,fit in with the season, glowing in the dark

Coachie



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Message Posted:
07/12/2008 14:16

One of scientists who was involved in the progamme said this morning that risks to anyone being infected was miniscule .You would have to eat loads of the stuff before it would cause you any bother ,but as he also said the Irish Government had to be congratulated for acting swifly to stop the outbreak getting worse,erring on the side of caution.Pigs,bacon ,ham,etc is alarge part of the Irish economy so any bad news like this could set them back a tidy sum of lost revenue...

PtePike



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Message Posted:
07/12/2008 14:30

The Daily Mail link tells you all you need to know.

Navek



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Message Posted:
07/12/2008 14:38

Hi windmill.



I am not in a position to recommend what you do with it.



Check where it has come from.



If not from where the ban is it should be OK.



The pork will probably be reduced because of the scare only.



Good luck,



Navek

PtePike



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Message Posted:
07/12/2008 14:40

windmill,



Eat away - I'm sure you'll be fine.

Navek



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Message Posted:
07/12/2008 14:41

If you like pork, then this could be a good time to fill your freezer cheaply.

As long as it's not from where the problem is.

Groucho



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Message Posted:
07/12/2008 14:46

How were the sausages?

Navek



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Message Posted:
07/12/2008 14:51

On the lavvie since I got home :-(

britvic



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Message Posted:
07/12/2008 14:52

I was eating a bocon sandwich, when this came on the new's at nine this morning, and it was from Ireland, god I hope I don't glow in the dark!

Navek



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Message Posted:
07/12/2008 14:53

And 20 fags

Navek



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Message Posted:
07/12/2008 14:54

Not to worry britvic, be easier to find you in the dark

Groucho



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Message Posted:
07/12/2008 14:58

Maybe "Bocon" gives you Botox poisoning...

CJtill


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Message Posted:
07/12/2008 15:12

So thats off the list of goodies for Bayram

Groucho



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Message Posted:
07/12/2008 15:13

CJ



If you see a pig... it will be flying...

Navek



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Message Posted:
07/12/2008 15:50

Groucho is that a tupo?

should it not be FRYING?

britvic



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Message Posted:
07/12/2008 15:53

Is a "tupo" something you wear on your head?

Navek



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Message Posted:
07/12/2008 18:24

Depends on what part of the world you come from,

and how many drinks you've had

stewy


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Message Posted:
07/12/2008 18:25

Is a pigs pussy pork?

britvic



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Message Posted:
07/12/2008 18:27

Pigs have cats??

Lilli



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Message Posted:
07/12/2008 18:41

hope so groucho saves a fortune on a plastic surgeon, when i heard the news i was in the middle of my bacon buttie, such a shame for the irish economy just when you thought it couldnt get any worse. loved your pate receipe guido wants to know if you want a job lilli xx

Navek



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Message Posted:
07/12/2008 18:46

Hi stewy,

somenone's having a blonde moment :-(

I will let you explain, if you want?

windmill


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Message Posted:
07/12/2008 18:56

Well our half "oink" price pork was "grunt" very tasty "oink,we had apple "grunt" sauce ,loads of "oink" crackling,worth every "grunt" penny,my wife cannot get "oink"her trotters into "grunt" her shoes,"oink" "grunt" "oink"

Groucho



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Message Posted:
07/12/2008 19:05

Lilli, Tell Guido, only if he will take my wife and kids...



It's a fair exchange... go on please... word of warning mind you, they eat more that he might want to cook.. ;¬)



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Groucho



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Message Posted:
07/12/2008 19:22

That's a bummer the BB removes extra spaces so it doesn't quite work...



I know let's have a keyboard art competition for Christmas... prize is the admiration of your fellow board members

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tonyhickey



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Message Posted:
07/12/2008 22:34

Is this story true ,Are is someone telling porkies

Groucho



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Message Posted:
07/12/2008 22:39

It's true AND they are telling porkies... ;¬)



http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7770164.stm

Navek



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Message Posted:
08/12/2008 21:39

Meat Facts:



Choosing Meat and Poultry



Bacon Contains about 16g fat per 100g.

Is also very high in salt, and usually contains nitrites which,

once in the stomach,

may form substances linked to cancer.

Smoked foods also been implicated

as having cancer-inducing potential.

Use bacon in small quantities,

and eat only occasionally.



For more info, follow link.........



http://www.healthy-eating-made-easy.com/meat-facts.html



.

Groucho



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Message Posted:
08/12/2008 21:43

Navek,



"and eat only occasionally"



This seems a bit drastic... I like to eat at least twice a day sometimes three!

Groucho



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Message Posted:
09/12/2008 22:25

BBC today



It is safe to consume pork, beef and milk despite a scare over contaminated feed, Northern Ireland's health minister had said.



Irish pork was taken off the shelves and products from the Republic have been recalled. However, Northern Ireland pork production has resumed.



On Tuesday it emerged 53 cattle herds had consumed the contaminated feed.



Authorities on both sides of the border said there was no public health risk posed by consuming beef or milk.



Stormont health minister Michael McGimpsey said nine herds in Northern Ireland had consumed the feed.



The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) said because of the differences in the digestive system of cows and pigs, the risk of contamination in beef was much lower than had been feared in relation to pork.