Dioxins in palm fatty acid distillate (feed material).
- Classification
- Non-compliance notification
- Risk
- Potentially serious
- Category
- feed materials
- Hazard
- dioxins - {environmental pollutants}
- Origin
- Germany
- Notifier
- Netherlands
What is this? Palm oil leftovers used in animal feed may have a harmful chemical called dioxin.
What's happening? Some animal feed made from palm oil leftovers in Germany had too much dioxin. The Netherlands found this and told the EU.
Does this affect me? If you eat meat, milk, or eggs from animals fed this, you may have eaten food with extra dioxin.
What should I do? Ask your doctor or pharmacist if you are worried about food you ate.
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Classification: Non-compliance notification · Risk: Potentially serious · Category: feed materials · Hazard: dioxins - {environmental pollutants} · Origin: Germany · Notifier: Netherlands
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