Dutch Shut 140 Farms Over Dioxin Scare

AMSTERDAM - The Dutch agriculture ministry this week temporarily shut 140 cattle, pig, sheep and goat farms after cancer-causing dioxin was discovered in milk produced by two of them, the ministry said.

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