I det konkrete tilfælde med dioxin gik der 15 dage mellem Den Stående Veterinærkomités meddelelse og varslingsnettet, mens kommissær Bonino blot erklærede, at hun ikke drak belgisk mælk.
In the case of dioxin, 15 days passed between the communication of the Standing Veterinary Committee and the official alert, while Commissioner Bonino simply announced that she did not drink Belgian milk.