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Irish cheese tests positive for E.coli in South Africa
Sat, 9:30 AM
THE INDUSTRY GROUP representing dairy producers in South Africa has called on authorities to ban the import of Irish dairy products, after a sample of Irish cheese imports tested positive for the E.coli bacterium.
A container holding around 22 tonnes of Irish cheese which tested positive for the bacterium arrived in Durban Port three months ago, South Africa?s Daily News reported.
It added that the container was being detained at a cold storage facility and is now to be returned to Ireland.
The cheese was being imported by a chain of South African supermarkets, which has not been named.
A spokesman for the Irish Dairy Board (IDB) confirmed that a sample of Irish cheddar had tested positive, but that the cheese ?contained such low levels of bacteria that it is not deemed harmful to humans?.
?However, it did not meet South African import specification,? the spokesman said ? asserting that the board, a co-operative of dairy producers which oversees exports to dozens of countries worldwide, maintained ?a positive trading relationship with South Africa?.
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http://www.thejournal.ie/irish-cheese-tests-positive-for-e-coli-in-south-africa-275172-Nov2011/
Sat, 9:30 AM
THE INDUSTRY GROUP representing dairy producers in South Africa has called on authorities to ban the import of Irish dairy products, after a sample of Irish cheese imports tested positive for the E.coli bacterium.
A container holding around 22 tonnes of Irish cheese which tested positive for the bacterium arrived in Durban Port three months ago, South Africa?s Daily News reported.
It added that the container was being detained at a cold storage facility and is now to be returned to Ireland.
The cheese was being imported by a chain of South African supermarkets, which has not been named.
A spokesman for the Irish Dairy Board (IDB) confirmed that a sample of Irish cheddar had tested positive, but that the cheese ?contained such low levels of bacteria that it is not deemed harmful to humans?.
?However, it did not meet South African import specification,? the spokesman said ? asserting that the board, a co-operative of dairy producers which oversees exports to dozens of countries worldwide, maintained ?a positive trading relationship with South Africa?.
More...
http://www.thejournal.ie/irish-cheese-tests-positive-for-e-coli-in-south-africa-275172-Nov2011/