Ireland: This little piggy went off the market

Tonight fears have been publicized that there is a strong possibility that contaminated Irish pork may have reached markets in over 20 countries.

On Saturday families were warned to avoid all pork. Which brands to avoid however, were not addressed.

The warning came from the Food Standards Agency, who had discovered cancer-causing chemicals in Irish pigs.

Families all over the UK will now be checking their packets of sausages, salamis and hams for the whereabouts of their potentially life-threatening pork.

One type of meal you may want to avoid is the ready-meal as this genre of 'easy dinners' do not state where possible pork contents originate from.

A Food Standards Agency spokesman says, “We’re going as fast as we can to get a list”, reports The Mirror.

Where, When and How

A large selection of Irish pigs were supposedly infected by their breaded farm feed that had not been depacketed.

The pigs munched down the loaves of bread that were still wrapped in plastic. The supplier recycles dough and bread as animal food.

Contaminations were revealed when test results on Irish pigs displayed up to 200 times the normal and safe level of dioxins. Dioxin is a dangerous chemical that can cause cancer.

Police are focusing on one mill located in the Irish republic which cannot be named for legal reasons.

Worryingly, the mill is said to have supplied up to 10 pig farms in the Republic and nine in Northern Ireland, according to The Mirror.