22.04.2017

Excessive dioxin residues have been found in eggs from three chicken farms in Changhua County. The FDA ordered the farms to immediately suspend sales and retailers to take merchandise from the farms off their shelves. The farms have between 80,000 and 90,000 chickens which are estimated to produce 65,000 eggs per day.
The contaminated egg was discovered in an annual survey of dioxins in food conducted by National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) for the FDA. It was detected to have a dioxin concentration of 5.2 pg/g, far higher than the allowable limit of 2.5 pg/g, the FDA said.