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Supermarket cakes and quiches used toxic eggs

07 January 2011 22:00 (UTC +04:00)

Baku â€“ APA. Thousands of quiches and cakes were sold in British supermarkets over Christmas, which contained eggs contaminated by dioxins, APA reports quoting â€œThe Telegraphâ€.
The dioxins, which have the potential to cause cancer, originated in Germany and have raised fresh questions about British food labelling and this country’s reliance on food imports.
Fourteen tons of the contaminated liquid egg â€“ large vats of de-shelled eggs bought by caterers and manufacturers â€“ entered Britain last month. The liquid egg was bought by two leading food companies which supply supermarkets: Samworth Brothers, who own Gingsters pasties, and Finsbury Foods, the country’s biggest cake maker.
Both companies refused to give details of which quiches and cakes were affected or how many, but both Tesco and Morrisons confirmed that they had sold products which contained the contaminated eggs.
Sainsbury’s said its children’s Caterpillar Cake was also potentially affected.
Any remaining products were been pulled from the shelves on Friday, though the Food Standards Agency said it could not rule out other manufacturers buying contaminated eggs.