An advocacy group based in Washington, Food & Water Watch, raised concerns regarding the manner in which the Agricultural Department of United States is monitoring meat imports. This is in response to a recall of about 200,000 pounds of meat of imported chicken with respect to dioxins. Dioxins are toxic polluting agents that have been linked to health risks. On July 27, a public notification was issued by the United States Agricultural Department reporting that 188,522 pounds of chicken had been recalled by Chile health authorities over dioxin concerns. Google News reported that none of the mainstream media outlets picked up the recall.
The Food Safety and Inspection Service has been asked by the Food & Water Watch to respond to a number of queries following the recall. The group needs to know the lag time involved when the agency knew of the recall and when there was a press release. The group also wanted to know the period or length of time that contamination with dioxin had been an issue with food products imported from the country in question and the cause of the contamination. Food & Water Watch finds it disturbing that there was no recall or public health alert issued by the agency as a reflection of the seriousness of the issue, considering the fact that dioxins are extremely toxic.
According to the World Health Organization, 90% of dioxin contamination originates from food and food products. There have been numerous dioxin recalls over the last decade. Most of the dioxins in these recalls originate from animal feed that is contaminated. Naturally, dioxins originate from forest fires and volcanic eruptions.
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