MONDRAGONE, Italy (AFP) — For Italian mozzarella producers, the European Commission’s decision to back off from a threatened import ban on the cheese prevented the crisis in the industry from becoming a real disaster.
“Things are going a little better, but we went really close to a catastrophe and it will take us at least a month to get back to normal,” said Giuseppe Mandara, one of the biggest mozzarella producers in the Campania region.
The scare began last week when samples of mozzarella, which is made from buffalo milk, were found to have raised levels of the toxic compound dioxin.
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