The Health and Welfare Ministry on Thursday lifted its temporary ban on the import of egg whites and dairy products from Belgium after it confirmed that these shipments were not contaminated with dioxin.
The ministry had slapped the de facto ban on these products after its was discovered in June that the Belgian produce may be contaminated with the carcinogen.
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