As part of the Assyrian conquest, the Temple in Jerusalem, the centerpiece of Jewish worship, was turned into a Greek temple where Jews were further humiliated and forced to eat pig meat and worship Greek idols.

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Alan Reilly, the chief executive of the Irish food authority, said there was a "plausible explanation" for the pig meat finding its way into the burgers, since meat from different animals is processed at the same plants.

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The King Fry Meat Products burger was from Pig Out in Walsall and the Burger Manufacturing Company product was from Nefyn Pizza and Kebab House in Gwynedd.

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They sold their quail for meat and hired technicians to develop pig food whose quality matched that of Thai agri-giant Charoen Pokphand, which then dominated the feed business in most of China, including Sichuan.

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The King Fry Meat Products burger was from Walsall's Pig Out and the Burger Manufacturing Company product was from Nefyn Pizza and Kebab House in Gwynedd.

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Hartley hunts all types of hog, from the traditional wild boar to the peccary (also known as javelina or skunk pig), wiry hogs that produce a very distinct-tasting meat.

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The owners of the Cookstown pig processing plant is selling it off - along with all its other UK meat businesses.

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The meat industry was first thrust into the spotlight last month when Irish investigators found horse and pig DNA in hamburger products.

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