Two years ago, a European Union-wide health alert was sparked when German officials said animal feed tainted with dioxin had been fed to hens and pigs, contaminating eggs, poultry meat and pork at affected farms.

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India banned shipments of US farm products, including poultry meat and chicken eggs, in 2007 to prevent the spread of avian flu.

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The local authority buys local produce such as meat, poultry and free range eggs for the making of school dinners and other meals.

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As I continue to note, although the reported food inflation figure by the BLS was 1.5% for 2010, according to the same report, the rate of inflation for meat, poultry, fish and eggs was up 5.5 percent and dairy was up 3.7 percent.

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