Dioxin pollution hits German meat and egg export

The dioxin pollution scandal has been worsening in Germany and has caused worldwide panic, with some countries, including China, beginning to scrutinize the imports of eggs and meat from Germany.　　However, the industry said that Germany is not the main source of Chinese pork imports, the dioxin incident on Sino-German trade no big deal.　　German eggs and pork have been labelled "dangerous" and the culprit is dioxins. Germany has closed treatment of 4,709 farms in 8 states since the first time the dioxin incident took off last December, foreign media reported.　　News that the dioxin contaminated chicken and pig feed may reach 150,000 tons, Germany Lower Saxony, Land has destroyed about 100,000 eggs, Thüringen only one slaughterhouse temporarily sealed 66,000 tons of pork.　　January 11, Germany Lower Saxony, Land Ministry of Agriculture reported dioxin incident escalation alert, the first time found a pig farm pork dioxin content exceeded, the authorities immediately ordered the slaughter of hundreds of pigs and the destruction of pork. The cyclone remedy failed to fill the loophole, but caused a panic in the world, multinational began to import from Germany, eggs, meat products strict censorship, some countries, including China even issued an import ban.　　After years of accumulation of image to obtain international market recognition of German pork and other agricultural products due to the crisis of dioxin incident. Multinational import ban It is understood that dioxin is a highly toxic substances, one out of 10,000 grams or even one-grams of two bad Britain will bring serious health hazards.　　In addition to its carcinogenic toxicity, dioxins also have reproductive toxicity and genetic toxicity that directly endanger the health and life of future generations.　　As of now, the world's many countries have taken urgent measures to stop imports, or prohibit the sale of meat and egg products produced in Germany, against the dioxin incident in Germany. According to foreign reports, the South Korean government recently announced a moratorium on imports of pork and poultry products from Germany, fearing that these foods have carcinogens. South Korea said that the relevant agencies to take the temporary suspension of the product quarantine preventive measures, and the unofficial import ban, this measure from 5th to implement and continue to come from Germany's products have security assurances.　　During the same period, Slovakia also banned the sale of meat products imported from Germany and tested the content of dioxin in the product. The European Commission has identified South Korea as the first country to stop importing German pork, while Slovakia is the first country in the EU to impose restrictions on German meat products.　　Although the European Commission insists South Korea has overreacted to the incident and says it has no basis for banning imports of German meat and other products, the EU's other Member States are apparently not confident enough, and have begun to carry out safety investigations into German eggs and pork products, even in extreme ways, such as the ban imposed by countries. At present, Britain, Italy, the Netherlands and other countries have begun to assess the safety of imported eggs in Germany. In the UK, foods containing problematic eggs, such as cakes and quiche, are off the shelves from Tesco, Morrison and Sainsbury's. Italian Health Minister Ferruccio Fazio 8th told the media, the authorities have askedDioxin content is detected from all eggs, milk or meat products imported from Germany.　　According to the Russian news agency 9th, the Russian consumer watchdog also advised Russians to buy and eat meat products produced in the country until the dioxin pollution incident in Germany has been identified. The impact on Sino-German trade as the world's recognized pork consumption, January 12 around 13 o'clock, the Chinese side also announced the urgent public moratorium on imports of German pork, egg products. Since that day, the suspension of imports of edible pig products and egg products from Germany to prevent carcinogenic substances dioxin exceeded food flow inside.　　and 11th before the departure of the German edible pig products and egg products, in batches after the dioxin test, qualified to enter the rear. In this respect, China food and Livestock import and export Chamber of Commerce meat Marketing department director Jiao, said the ban to ensure the domestic pork market security.　　At the same time, she said, from the number of imports, Germany has not been China's main source of pork imports. Ms. Jiao told reporters that China is the world's largest producer of pork, meat supply is basically self-sufficient state, even if imported, the main source countries are also the United States, Canada and South America Countries, eggs import volume is smaller. "So in any case, a moratorium on imports of German pig and egg products is not enough to affect domestic supply and prices," he said. "As for the impact on the food trade between China and Germany, a deputy director of research on Meat in China Business Center, the dioxin incident should still be a short-term effect, and how long the short-term effect will be depends on the outcome of the German government's handling of the two-year incident in China, once the German side obtains the health safety cognizance of China and other countries, Trade would soon return to normal. "Of course, the recovery of consumer psychology may take a longer time." ”