Germany wants to forcefully in the case of dioxin-contaminated food that has affected almost 5,000 farms and whose products have been distributed by several European countries
When economic profit is the only important factor for a producer, cases as serious as the current dioxin in Germany it is not uncommon to come to light with some frequency. At last, after all, for a company money always takes precedence over the welfare of workers on the health of consumers, let alone the welfare of animals, by which (to its operation) obtain the desired economic gain. And this is because for years in animal husbandry the animal industry has become a mere factor of production, so the more you lower the cost per unit, the greater the benefit to be obtained by the production company. So with the industrialization of livestock animals are crammed in deplorable conditions (the closer together, the smaller the area needed for the farm, and therefore more profitable), with a diet based on industrial feed (cheaper than grains) that has nothing to do with what would be natural and desirable.
In Germany the health scare began last week when it announced that some eggs from farms where the hens German ate feed for these dioxin had been contaminated, and authorities said they had found some food for poultry and pigs had been infected since March.
operations at 4,700 German farms were closed and thousands of chickens slaughtered in eight German states, in an attempt to prevent contaminated food supplies are affected by the feed to become established in poultry and pig farms.
WHAT ARE PCBs?
Dioxins are highly toxic compounds formed in the burning of waste and other industrial processes, which have proved very harmful to pregnant women and contribute increase the chances for any person who ingest of cancer. In this case dioxin past the food production chain to use oils for industrial use in the manufacture of feed for animal consumption.
REACTIONS IN GERMANY Germany on Sunday called for strong action against those responsible for food contaminated with cancer-causing dioxin has led to the banning of some agricultural products. The Agriculture Minister Ilse Aigner, described the conduct that caused excessive levels of a chemical toxin entered the animal feed "criminal act" .
"This is a big blow to our farmers. They have been dragged into this situation by the morbid machinations of a few" , said in an interview with the newspaper Bild am Sonntag . "It's hard to shake the suspicion, given what we know so far, that criminal energy combined with a startling lack of scruples. The judiciary must act harshly" .
German prosecutors investigating the company responsible for dioxin-contaminated feed have already said they can file criminal charges against the company, a distributor of oils for the production of animal feed known as und Harles Jentzsch.
On Saturday, the German Agriculture Minister said that the excessive levels of dioxin were also found in some German poultry farm poultry, although contaminated chicken meat was not sold and the chickens in question were killed and their bodies destroyed . INTERNATIONAL IMPACT
The alert has also caused temporary bans on imports of German beef and poultry products in South Korea and Slovakia, and a fall in demand for eggs. A survey by Bild am Sonntag reported that one in five Germans was avoiding its estimates boiled eggs for breakfast. Bild am Sonntag
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said, without citing sources, the state of Lower Saxony expected that tens of thousands of pigs had been contaminated by the feed. Regional agricultural authorities did not respond by the time requirements for details.
South Korea, which imported a total of 6,266 tons of German pork in 2010, said however that livestock products imported from Germany had shown no signs of contamination.
authorities and farmer organizations have claimed damages for farms that have been forced to suspend sales, but the minister said Sunday Aigner reservations. would be a mistake to start a career by claims ", said in statements published by Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeiting.
INCREASES DEMAND FOR ORGANIC PRODUCTS
While in Germany has increased exponentially, the demand for organic products which does not use pesticides or industrial feed in animal husbandry. Hopefully do not need more scares like this so that we as consumers opted for the organic product, which is always a guarantee of health and sustainability.
(*) Source of the news and the editorial: Reuters
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