Pork Imported from Ireland Contaminated with Dioxin

More than 23 tons of frozen pork shipped from Ireland to Nanjing was found to contain toxic dioxin and ordered to be shipped back on Friday, a local inspection and quarantine authority said Sunday.

The 937 cases of pork, imported by a food company in Suzhou City, was found to contain the chemical dioxin, according to the Suzhou Municipal Entry-exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau. Dioxin is carcinogen specifically linked to breast cancer.