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To: AugustWest who wrote (1214)	6/18/1999 12:28:00 PM
From: SIer formerly known as Joe B.	Read Replies (1) of 3689

What a relief: Belgian Beer Is Dioxin-Free, Scientist Says Friday June 18 10:48 AM ET dailynews.yahoo.com BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgian beer is safe to drink despite the country's recent scare over dioxin in food, according to a scientific paper commissioned by the industry after export curbs threatened beer supplies to key markets. ''Never were dioxins found in Belgian beer by the Food Inspection of the Ministry of Health,'' Professor Jacques Janssens of the European Cancer Prevention Organization said in a paper on beer and health. ''We have reacted to importers' fears,'' said Jan De Brabanter of the Confederation of Belgian Brewers (CBB), which commissioned the paper. ''It was mainly the Asian countries who threatened to shut their borders even to Belgian beer,'' he told Reuters. The country's food exporters face a range of international bans on Belgian exports since the potentially cancer-causing chemical dioxin was found in some produce from Belgian farms. Hot on the heels of the dioxin scare, Coca-Cola made its biggest ever product withdrawal after hundreds of people in France and Belgium fell ill after drinking the company's drinks. Janssens said beer, like all alcoholic drinks, had been associated with increased breast and liver cancer, but said such risks were relatively small and linked to sustained high levels of consumption. ''Moderate daily consumption of beer has no health consequences for the general public. Beer does not contain dioxins,'' Janssens concluded. Belgian brewing industry data show exports are the main growth area for brewers in a country where beer consumption fell by more than two percent in 1998. Exports grew by over nine percent.

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