Contaminated Pig Feed
Another day, another story about lead and the food chain.
A feed supplement for pigs which was found to be contaminated by lead has been withdrawn from sale in Australia.
High levels of lead were first found in the supplement imported from China in February.
Testing revealed pigs in six Western Australian piggeries had high levels of the metal in their systems.
Those piggeries have been put into quarantine and will remain so for at least another month.
Another 60 piggeries which also use the same feedstock are being closely monitored to ensure the pigs have not been affected.
