By IRNA,
Madrid : Contaminated sunflower oil from Ukraine has been found in at least five European countries.
In Spain, sunflower oil has been taken off the shelves and consumers are being warned not to buy or use it.
IRNA reporter in Madrid said that the oil has been discovered in Britain, France, Spain, Italy and the Netherlands.
Early tests show the oil contains hydrocarbons, although not apparently at dangerous levels.
Spanish chef Antonio Gonzalez said authorities have told him to remove the oil but he is not sure why or which ones.
Contaminated oil was blamed for the death of some 1,200 people in 1981 in Spain’s worst food poisoning epidemic.
It was sold as olive oil in working-class neighbourhoods of Madrid and several other cities.
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