Irish pork contaminated with dioxins poses little risks to health, according to the European Union’s (EU’s) safety watchdog.
The European Food Safety Authority said it has looked at a number of scenarios for people eating the pork containing dioxins and concluded there is “no concern” over health.
But it did add that only in the most extreme cases, if someone ate a large amount of Irish pork for the whole of the last three months, and if this was all contaminated with the largest concentration of dioxins, then the risk would rise.
Paddy Rogan, Ireland’s chief vetinary officer, told the EU on Wednesday that Irish beef is safe to eat.
This week Tesco said it will continue to sell meat products from Ireland because the Food Standards Agency has not told the retailer to do otherwise.
