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Contaminated feed to be destroyed within 60 days.


THE AGRICULTURE Ministry yesterday announced they would destroy 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 within 60 days, just as a new batch of milk with aflatoxin levels higher than permitted was located in a livestock farm.

The tainted milk was found yesterday at the Cleopatra Karaoli farm in Kolossi. According to according to
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1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians.

2. In keeping with: according to instructions.

3.
 the District Veterinary Officer, Evangelos Evangelou, the aflatoxins aflatoxins (ăf`lətäk'sĭnz), a group of secondary metabolites that are cancer-causing byproducts of a mold that grows on nuts and grains, particularly peanuts.  were located in sheep and goateCOs milk, which was destroyed. New samples were also taken for tests.

The House Agriculture Committee yesterday heard that 11,000 tons of animal feed had been confiscated con·fis·cate  
tr.v. con·fis·cat·ed, con·fis·cat·ing, con·fis·cates
1. To seize (private property) for the public treasury.

2. To seize by or as if by authority. See Synonyms at appropriate.

adj.
 or detained across the island from the 20,000 tons that were imported, while 8,500 tons had already been consumed and roughly 500 tons found in units of transformation or production.

Speaking before the Committee, the Director of the State Lab, Stella Michaelidou, reassured that eC[pounds sterling]the State Lab in collaboration with the Veterinary and Health Services health services Managed care The benefits covered under a health contract  has proceeded and continues to proceed in all the suitable tests of samples that concern milk and dairy products concerning the problem of aflatoxinseC[yen].

The General Director of the Agriculture Ministry, Panikos Pouros said that eC[pounds sterling]as days go by we are improvingeC[yen], adding that over the last three days, no sample was found to contain aflatoxins over the permitted level.

Pouros added that, eC[pounds sterling]Within 60 days the animal feed that has been detained will either be destroyed or re-exported by the importer.eC[yen]

Copyright A[umlaut umlaut (m`lout) [Ger.,=transformed sound], in inflection, variation of vowels of the type of English man to men. ] Cyprus Mail 2008

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Date:Jun 13, 2008
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