Germany closes 4,700 farms for dioxin checks
BERLIN ‘ Germany closed more than 4,700 farms and related businesses for safety checks late Thursday after tests on suspicious feed confirmed the presence of a cancer-causing dioxin. “4,709 farms and businesses are currently closed,” including 4,468 in the state of Lower Saxony, northwest Germany, the agriculture ministry said in a statement late Thursday. The farms will be closed until they are found to be clear of contamination by the dioxin, which can cause cancer, and will not be allowed to make any…
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