08.04.2012

Dioxin has been discovered in above permitted levels in eggs from two more farms in the central German state of North Rhine Westphalia. This followed the announcement on Wednesday that eggs with dioxin content of three to six times permitted levels had been discovered by routine tests on a third farm in the state.
The two new cases were in small farms near the central German city of Duisburg. The eggs came from smallholdings which made direct sales of eggs to the public rather than sales to retailers. The two smallholdings have been sealed off and are not permitted to sell more eggs and the city authorities in Duisburg have been asked to warn the public not to eat eggs from the farms.