The food safety agency of the Netherlands has found a big batch of eggs contaminated with the insecticide fipronil, local media reported.
Dutch authorities are currently engaged in negotiations with the workers of the poultry sector to solve the problem, the broadcaster added. The process of crosschecking, after which the poultry farms will be readmitted to the market, is currently under way.
Nog steeds fipronil in eieren Nederland. https://t.co/K4hWhIkYjs pic.twitter.com/jgi1yrX87H
— VTM NIEUWS (@VTMNIEUWS) 6 декабря 2017 г.
The amount of the substance detected was above norm and did not pose a sufficient threat to human health, the RTL TV channel reported on Wednesday.
#Fipronil #EggScandal: the EU doesn’t care about food safety — there’ll be no sanctions against Belgium & Holland https://t.co/ixNyxuU8RV
— alchemic architect (@alchetect) 8 октября 2017 г.
Millions of chicken eggs were recalled from the stores across the European Union this summer over fears that they might have been contaminated with fipronil. Such eggs have been subsequently detected in at least 26 EU member states.
#Netherlands kills over 300,000 #hens, after eggs found contaminated with pesticide #fipronil https://t.co/9w4K4b7WI8
— Mina*Bad Yoga KittyⓋ (@MinaANDMaya) 30 августа 2017 г.
The Dutch poultry industry has suffered losses totaling 65-75 million euros ($76-88 million) as a result of the scandal.
