Toxic cheese scare rattles ITALY - (CNN Europe)
March 22, 2008 – 6:56 pmhttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/03/21/italy.cheese.ap/index.html
ROME, Italy — Makers of Italy’s prized buffalo mozzarella, according to this story, took out full-page ads in Italian newspapers Friday assuring consumers the cheese was safe after high levels of dioxin were found in some samples of buffalo milk.
The story says that the tainted products came from a few buffalo dairies in the southern Campania region, whose reputation as a top agricultural producer already has been tarnished by the months-old garbage crisis that has fueled fears of food contamination.
Over the past week, Italian authorities have searched dozens of buffalo dairies and seized milk samples for tests after higher-than-permitted levels of dioxin were discovered in products from 29 mozzarella makers, news reports said.
Prosecutors in Naples have placed 109 people under investigation in connection with the probe, on suspicion of fraud and food poisoning, the ANSA news agency reported.
On Friday, the consortium of buffalo mozzarella makers in Campania took out full-page […]
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