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IRELAND: Dawn Farm Foods to carry out ‘cleandown’ at Co Kildare plant - (The Irish Times)

August 15, 2008 – 6:42 pm

Dawn Farm Foods, the company at the centre of an investigation into a food poisoning outbreak, has confirmed that it is temporarily close its plant in Co Kildare to carry out what it described as “a pharmaceutical-grade cleandown”.
It emerged last week that the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) was investigating Dawn Farm Foods as part of an inquiry into a salmonella outbreak in Ireland and in the UK.
FSAI officials said this week that potentially contaminated beef may have been supplied to sandwich outlet Subway, which has stores throughout Ireland and the UK.
Subway subsequently withdrew any potentially contaminated products.
For the complete news item, please visit http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2008/0815/breaking320.htm

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