-Caveat Lector- Dutch used septic tanks residue in animal feed THE HAGUE, Aug 21 (AFP) - Residue from septic tanks were used in the making of animal feeds in the Netherlands until recently, the health ministry revealed Saturday. Health Minister Else Borst has decided as a precautionary measure to ban such practices following the revelation and condemnation of similar practices in France, the ministry said. But it said the refuse used in making the feeds had not presented any health hazard because they had been heated for at least 20 minutes at a temperature of 133 degrees Celsius (207 Fahrenheit) and submitted to a pressure of three bars. "All germs were thus killed," a spokesman said. A special enquiry following the French disclosures had revealed that remains of excrement had also been used in animal foodstuffs in the Netherlands. Borst and her colleague agriculture state secretary Geesje Faber are expected to provide further information to Parliament in the next few days. Earlier this month, the European Commission in Brussels urgently asked France for clarification of reports that toilet sewage was being used in French factories making pig and poultry feed. EU agriculture director-general Guy Legras referred to what he called alarming information in the German media and in France concerning alleged "grave anomalies" in French knackers' yards producing meat meal. France replied saying malfunctions found at the end of 1998 and beginning of 1999 had ceased, and "checks have allowed the situation to be remedied." The French practice had been revealed by the German television channel ARD, which claimed that several French plants had for some years included sewage in meal they produced for pigs and poultry. The TV programme Monitor said at least five plants in the centre of France and in the western province of Brittany were involved. It gave as its source an internal DGCCRF report. The sewage, mainly from toilet excrement, could present serious health hazards via the food chain, Monitor said. A German expert with the department for environmental medicine at university clinic in Freiburg in southwest Germany was quoted in the TV program as saying such detritus could damage all organic systems including the brain, heart, muscles and nerves. The sewage could contain heavy metals, dioxin or resistant bacteria, according to the expert, Franz Daschner. -- ----------------------- NOTE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ----------------------- DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance�not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
