Dioxin feed: FDP calls for dioxin animal feed to be secured immediately and completely

Goldmann not with the demand for stricter feed law - find clarity

The agricultural and food policy spokesman for the FDP parliamentary group, Hans-Michael Goldmann, explains the reports of animal feed being contaminated with dioxin:

Now all the necessary control and security measures must take effect as quickly as possible. Consumers must be protected from possible health hazards caused by the carcinogenic toxin dioxin. Farmers must not be supplied with even more polluted feed.
 
The contamination may have occurred during sorting of potatoes for the production of french fries. Marl clay, which could be responsible for the dioxin contamination, was used to sort the potatoes. According to media reports, the company in question in the Netherlands has already removed the marl clay from the production process. That would be a first and necessary step.

At the same time, it must be ensured that no further material contaminated with dioxin enters circulation. Animal feed containing dioxins that is already on the market must under no circumstances be used as animal feed and thus enter the food chain. Animal feed in circulation must be secured immediately. If the contaminated material has already been fed, the affected animals must not be slaughtered. First of all, clarity must be created about the actual extent of a possible dioxin risk to people. Finally, it must be clarified whether existing legal provisions were violated negligently or specifically.

Source: Berlin [ fdp ]