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A number of legal actions against a Co Wexford company over
allegedly supplying animal feed containing harmful dioxins
have been deferred by the Commercial Court until July to allow
the putting in place of a scheme of arrangement between the
company and creditors arising out of the contamination.
However, Millstream Recycling Ltd’s own action is to proceed
against a businessman and a company over allegedly supplying
it with recycled 40-year-old fuel oil - which, in turn, allegedly
contaminated the feed.
The contamination in December 2008 resulted in a recall of
all Irish pork products after pig meat on a number of farms
was found to have had between 80 and 200 times more dioxins
than the recognised safety limit. Many animals were slaughtered
and compensation costs for Ireland alone are estimated at
more than €180 million.
If Millstream
succeeds in its claims against Gerard Tierney and Newtown
Lodge Ltd, any money secured in that case will be added to
some €6.5 million in insurance money to be made available
to claimants against Millstream.
Millstream claims light fuel oil purchased in Northern Ireland
and supplied to it by the defendants contained dioxins banned
since the 1970s.
Mr Justice Peter Kelly said it was inevitable that a number
of actions listed against Millstream would have to be stayed
until July, given a High Court decision by Ms Justice Mary
Laffoy last month allowing Millstream court protection so
it could proceed with processing its proposed scheme of arrangement.
Source - The Irish Times
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