One half of all samples have now been tested from Anglesey, Cornwall, Cumbria, Carmarthenshire, Dumfries and Galloway and Devon. Samples include milk, hen eggs, duck eggs, chickens, cheese, butter, lamb, trout, cream, ice cream, soil and herbage. Nearly all the results fall within the normal expected ranges.
Investigations are continuing into higher than expected results found in chickens from Dumfries and Galloway and in hen eggs in Anglesey. These are not thought to relate to the pyres and have already been reported by the Agency on 5 July and 21 June respectively.
The Agency issued precautionary advice on 25 May to people who consume whole milk products only from animals within 2km of pyres that may wish to vary their diet to include milk and milk products from other sources. Until further results become available, this advice remains unchanged.
A copy of the report is available on the Agency website at:
www.foodstandards.gov.uk/news/dioxin2.htm