Agriculture Ministry broadens search for aflatoxins.Byline: Jacqueline Theodoulou AGRICULTURE officials will start checking pig and chicken farms tomorrow to find out whether they too have been using the contaminated contaminated, v 1. made radioactive by the addition of small quantities of radioactive material. 2. made contaminated by adding infective or radiographic materials. 3. an infective surface or object. animal feed responsible for infecting cattle with aflatoxin M1 On Friday, the Agriculture Ministry destroyed over 100 tonnes of contaminated milk at 53 different dairy farms after finding elevated levels of carcinogenic carcinogenic having a capacity for carcinogenesis. substance aflatoxin M1. The Head of the ministry's Agriculture Department, Christodoulos Photiou, said yesterday all livestock livestock Farm animals, with the exception of poultry. In Western countries the category encompasses primarily cattle, sheep, pigs, goats, horses, donkeys, and mules; other animals (e.g., buffalo, oxen, or camels) may predominate in other areas. feed imported from third countries had been checked by the relevant services before being sent to farmers' warehouses and nothing worrying had been spotted. He added that the amount of aflatoxin found in the affected milk had been 10 times less than the legally acceptable levels. Photiou estimated that contamination had developed in the warehouses, either of the importers or the farmers themselves, due to high levels of humidity humidity, moisture content of the atmosphere, a primary element of climate. Humidity measurements include absolute humidity, the mass of water vapor per unit volume of natural air; relative humidity (usually meant when the term humidity and high temperatures. He said this was why the entire food chain was being investigated to spot who is to blame. He also assured the public that the names of those responsible would be given to the press. The head of the Cyprus Cattle Farmers' Organisation, Savvas Evangelou said producers were awaiting the results and evidence for the reasons behind the issue, which has been a huge blow to the specific sector. Evangelou warned that dairy producers would be seeking compensation from the state. He also pointed out that if better health and safety checks were carried out a" especially on wheat a" the problem could have been avoided. Evangelou rejected the possibility of the contamination taking place in the farmers' warehouses, as these are systematically checked by the relevant Agriculture Ministry services. On Friday, Agriculture Minister Michalis Polynikis assured the public that it could consume pasteurised Adj. 1. pasteurised - having been subjected to pasteurization in order to halt fermentation pasteurized milk without fear and that the contaminated with aflatoxin milk had not been used in any other dairy products dairy products dairy npl → produits laitier dairy products dairy npl → Milchprodukte pl, Molkereiprodukte pl . He added that health checks on pasteurised milk came back clear. Speaking after an urgent meeting with all implicated im·pli·cate tr.v. im·pli·cat·ed, im·pli·cat·ing, im·pli·cates 1. To involve or connect intimately or incriminatingly: evidence that implicates others in the plot. 2. bodies on Friday afternoon, Polynikis said 133 tons of milk had been destroyed, where aflatoxin M1 was found. Copyright [c] Cyprus Mail Cyprus Mail is a Cypriot English-language newspaper. It is published daily (except Mondays) and a number of articles are available online. Its current chief editor is Kosta Pavlowitch. The managing director is Kyriakos Iacovides. 2008 Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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