Isn't it the case that another country alerted Ireland to the problem (Italy was it?) and all Irish pork products are to be destroyed? With that in mind, it was appear to me that the Irish systems did not prove to be useful. In fact, they would appear to be a complete waste of time and money.
What's the origin of this claim that the problem was discovered in Italy? I have seen nothing to support it.
See [broken link removed] . This says that the problem was unearthed by our own procedures, and that then authorities in other countries provided further information about finding dioxins in pork fat (which, I gather, they had not been able to trace back to the country where they originated).