1. And here was a new health minister in Belgium, who assumed his role when the last health minister was forced out over the dioxin scare. 2. B. Indecent Exposure Despite the furore over the Belgian food scandal, this incident is just the latest in a series of dioxin scares around the world. 3. Belgian authorities have been dealing with the dioxin scare, in which the cancer-causing chemical was found in animal feed in recent months. 4. On Sunday, the reverberations from the dioxin scare led to the resignation of Belgian Prime Minister Jean-Luc Dehaene. 5. Some industry analysts said the Belgium government might be acting aggressively on the Coca-Cola situation in light of the dioxin scare. 6. The dioxin scare has been sufficient here to cause the ouster of the government in national elections held this month. 7. Until the dioxin scare, most mills bleached wood fibers with chlorine gas. 8. It later expanded the ban to French and Dutch pork as the dioxin scare spread across Europe. 9. Malaysia directed all manufacturers and importers on Friday to retract safety assurances published in newspaper advertisements on the European dioxin scare. 10. Thai supermarkets start pulling imported food off their shelves in dioxin scare, but shoppers stock up. |