01-08-2011 09:11 BJT
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South Korea and Slovakia are preventing imports of German pork and poultry products from reaching consumers because of health concerns over a cancer-causing chemical.
Authorities in Britain and the Netherlands are also investigating the extent of dioxin-contaminated products containing German eggs.
Responding to the scare, South Korea has stopped imports of German poultry and pork products from reaching consumers.
The government says the measure, which is not a formal import ban, began on Wednesday and will be in place until the safety of German pork and poultry products is secured.
Lee Kwang-Ho, Resident, said, "I think we should have a meeting with Germany, and if the inspection is carried out thoroughly, then we should import the food again so that our consumers can trust what they eat."
German authorities have meanwhile stopped more than 4,700 farms from selling their meat and eggs.
Farmers are demanding compensation for losses they are estimating at 40 TO 60 million euros a week.
Authorities believe some 150,000 tons of feed for poultry and swine containing industrial fat have been fed to livestock across Germany.
Germany's Agriculture Ministry on Friday said it had no immediate reports of health problems connected to the contaminated products,but it's stopping their sale from farms until tests can be carried out on livestock.
A ministry spokesman says the test results are expected later over whether traces of dioxin have been found in milk or meat in two of the states where the contaminated feed was delivered to several farms.
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