Feed undesirable substances as food contaminants Part 2: Dioxins

This work focuses on another outstanding toxic substance of the Community legislation, namely dioxins. Concerning dioxins, the historical background for certain pollution incidents with animal feeds as potential food contaminants is briefly given, arriving at the dioxin episode in Belgium. Reference is also made to legislative tools available at Community level to tackle the dioxin problem and the difficulties involved in practice, particularly with feeds of marine origin. Furthermore, the environmental implications associated with dioxin pollution of animal feeds are explained, whereas the political will, required in preventing and solving contamination problem in practice, is also stressed.