2,000 tons dioxin tainted fruit concentrate was found in Germany
According to german authorities the product was non-traded yet.
German authorities said that they had launched a massive
hunt for food products that may have been contaminated with carcinogenics
originating from a type of flour made in India.
Several German states and companies targeted products made with Indian guar
seed flour, also known as the food additive E412, including yoghurt, sauces,
bread, ketchup and baby formula. In flour distributed by the Swiss company
Unipektin to 10 European countries.
The agriculture ministry in the southwestern state of Baden-Wuerttemberg said
that several thousand kilograms of guar seed flour had been found and seized at
three companies where it had been used in dairy products. In the western state
of Rhineland-Palatinate, several hundred kilograms of the additive were
discovered at two firms.
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