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| Report due on dioxin cattle cull | Report due on dioxin cattle cull |
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| A report into the contamination of animal feed which led to a major cull of animals is to be presented to the Stormont Executive later. | A report into the contamination of animal feed which led to a major cull of animals is to be presented to the Stormont Executive later. |
| Thousands of cattle had to be culled because of dioxin contamination in December 2008. | Thousands of cattle had to be culled because of dioxin contamination in December 2008. |
| The crisis cost the Executive more than £4m. | The crisis cost the Executive more than £4m. |
| The report is expected to be critical of communication issues between the government in the Republic of Ireland and the Executive. | The report is expected to be critical of communication issues between the government in the Republic of Ireland and the Executive. |
| The problem affected pig and cattle herds north and south of the Irish border and caused a major recall of pork products. | |
| The contaminated feed came from one supplier, Millstream Recycling Ltd, in County Wexford. | |
| Millstream recycles food products into pig meal and said the dioxins entered the feed when contaminated oil was used in a machine used to dry the feed. | |
| Millstream is suing the oil supplier, Newtown Lodge Ltd for 36m euros to cover Millstream's 4m euros lossses resulting from the dioxin controversy plus the 32m euros claims against it. | |
| In December a lawyer for Millstream told the High Court in Dublin that the oil it received "must have been 40 years old". | |
| Ten Northern Ireland farms used the contaminated feed. | |
| There was a temporary withdrawal of Northern Ireland pork from shops during the scare, however, beef products were not recalled. | There was a temporary withdrawal of Northern Ireland pork from shops during the scare, however, beef products were not recalled. |