Gardai and the PSNI are reportedly investigating if waste oil that should have been stored or incinerated in Northern Ireland is the source of the pig-meat contamination scare in the Republic.
Reports this morning say the Co Carlow plant that supplied contaminated feed to several pig farmers was using waste oil from electricity transformers in the drying process.
The oil has reportedly been traced to a business in Co Tyrone, where this morning's reports say it should have been stored or incinerated under licence.
The Gardai are investigating how the oil ended up being used at the Carlow plant, where it transferred poisonous dioxins into the feed supplied to pig farmers.
The plant owners have reportedly told detectives that they bought the oil legally and believed it was suitable for processing animal feed.
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