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HEALTH THREAT IN THE EU
Tonnes1 of liquid egg contaminated in Germany have
entered the UK.
Health officials insist that the liquid, used in foods
such as pastries and mayonnaise, poses2 a very low risk3 to human health. They
are now trying to determine how the liquid egg has entered the food chain4.
The contamination originated in Germany, where up to
3,000 tonnes of animal feed5 containing dangerous levels of dioxin6 were sent to
poultry7 and pig farms. Tests on eggs from affected farms had been found to
contain up to five times the legal European Union limit for dioxin.
Germany closed more than 4,700 farms as a result. Health
inspectors have checked on all the farms suspected of using the feed and they
must remain closed for the moment. German consumers should buy only organic
eggs and meat until inspections have been completed.
The
scare is costing German farmers €60m (£50m) a week as egg sales have plummeted8.
Texto adaptado de: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/07/dioxin-alert-eggs-enter-uk-german-farms
Vocabulary:
(1) tonnes:
toneladas
(2) poses:
posee, presenta
(3) low
risk: riesgo bajo
(4) food
chain: cadena alimentaria
(5) animal
feed: comida para animales
(6) dioxin:
dioxina
(7) poultry
farm: granja avícola (8) plummeted: caído empicadas |
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a) Answer
the following questions according to the information given in the text.
1.
What kind of food is made with the
contaminated liquid from eggs?
2.
What kind of eggs and meat are not
contaminated?
b) Are
these statements TRUE or FALSE?
1.- …...There
is a great risk to human health if you eat a contaminated egg.
2.- …...Egg
sales in Germany have decreased radically.
3.- …...The
contamination originated in the UK.