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Used oil 'spoilt pork'

Used oil from electrical transformers may have caused the dioxin contamination in animal feed that has led to an international recall of Irish pork products, the Irish Times reported yesterday.

Earlier this week, more than 20 countries cleared their shelves of Irish pork after dioxins up to 200 times the legal levels were found on 10 pig farms. The Irish Times, without citing sources, said the contamination may have been caused by waste oil originating in Northern Ireland.