Tonnes of liquid egg contaminated after a food scare in Germany that has led to the closure of almost 5,000 farms, have entered the UK.
Health officials have insisted that the liquid, used in foods such as pastries and mayonnaise, poses a very low risk to human health. They are now trying to determine if and how the liquid egg has entered the food chain.
The contamination originated in Germany, where up to 3,000 tonnes of animal feed containing dangerous levels of dioxin were sent to poultry and pig farms. Tests on eggs from affected farms had been found to contain up to five times the legal European Union limit for dioxin.
Germany closed more than 4,700 farms as a result. The scare is costing German farmers €60m a week as egg sales have plummeted.
On Wednesday the Food Standards Agency said the contaminated food had not entered the UK. But in an update last night it said contaminated pasteurised liquid egg had been distributed to the UK. The liquid is a mixture of contaminated and non-contaminated eggs processed in Holland.
In a statement, the FSA said: "The mixing of the eggs will have diluted the levels of dioxins and they are not thought to be a risk to health.The FSA is currently liaising with the industry and will provide further updates as information becomes available."
European commission health spokesman Frederic Vincent said 14 tonnes of the infected liquid had been exported to the UK.
"Whether it went into mayonnaise, pastries, I don't know. So we will probably take a look at this with the UK authorities and see what was done with these eggs," he told reporters.
Vincent said the detected levels of dioxin were not a health risk. "You would have to eat a lot of eggs, or a lot of processed products made with these eggs, in order for this to actually pose a risk to human health."
The problem appears to have originated when oils intended for biofuel became mixed with oil destined for animal feed.
Dioxins are chemicals formed by industrial processes and waste burning. Low levels occur naturally in foods, but at high concentrations they have been shown to contribute to higher cancer rates and affect pregnant women.
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