LOCAL importer and retailers should recall all pork products from Ireland immediately, the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) said in a statement on Sunday.

The AVA's recall comes shortly after the Irish government on Saturday recalled all domestically-produced pork products because of contamination with cancer-causing dioxin.

Laboratory results of animal feed and pork fat samples obtained on Saturday confirmed the presence of dioxins, it said, with toxins at 80-200 times the safe limits.

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