Fred Pretty on mercury-poisoned oranges
- Title
- Fred Pretty on mercury-poisoned oranges
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- 7 Feb 1978
- Year of production
- 1978
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- Duration
- 00:02:05
- Description
- After mercury was found in oranges in Holland, Fred Pretty of the Citrus Marketing Board discusses the security precautions in place to make sure no contaminated fruit is brought into Britain. A terrorist group calling itself the Arab Revolutionary Army has claimed responsibilty for the incident.
- Contributors
- Fred Pretty
- Keywords
- Israel; Terrorism; International relations; Netherlands; Palestine; Poisoning; Food industry; Metals; Mercury (element); Fruit; Citrus Marketing Board; Arab Revolutionary Army
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