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Friday, 11 August 2017

Bad eggs caught affecting Hong Kong  and 15 other countries 




This report just came in that Fifteen EU countries as well as Hong Kong and Switzerland have received eggs contaminated with the insecticide fipronil, the European Commission says.
The commission will hold a meeting with ministers and regulators on 26 September.


Its food safety chief has called countries to stop "blaming and shaming" each other.
A row has erupted over how long Belgian and Dutch authorities have known about the contamination.
Eggs, coming mainly from the Netherlands, have been found to contain a fipronil, a substance used to kill lice and ticks on animals that is banned by the EU for use in the food industry.
It is thought it was added to disinfectant in some chicken farms

Source 
BBC