Is farmed salmon a flying pig?

BRITAIN’S Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) is reported to have informed the authorities that the banned, cancer-causing insecticide, Malachite Green, has been found in Irish ‘organic’ farmed salmon.

Is farmed salmon a flying pig?
Fri, 01 Jul, 2005 - 01:00

The Veterinary Medicines Directorate is an independent body established to inform customers and not merely to rubber-stamp the claims of food producers and farmers.

The VMD in the past has also identified other illegal compounds in farmed salmon.

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