Nearly ten million contaminated eggs from the Netherlands were delivered to Germany, according to Christian Meyer, Minister of Agriculture for the state-region of Lower Saxony (west). They were declared “unfit for consumption” following the discovery of the presence of fipronil, a toxic insecticide for the man. The substance was introduced by breeders who had called on the Dutch company Chickfriend to treat their poultry against the red louse, a very harmful parasite.
After the Netherlands, it is now the turn of German supermarkets to stop the marketing of these contaminated eggs and to remove them from the shelves, in order to avoid any risk of poisoning.
Losses already amount to several million euros
According to the Dutch poultry farmers’ union, the losses already amount to several million euros. 180 farms in the Netherlands are affected by this contamination, four in Germany and one in Belgium, according to the report of the German egg control body KAT (Kontrollierte Alternative Tierhaltungsformen).
Following the instructions of NVWA, the body responsible for food safety and health in the Netherlands, “the farmers concerned must have all contaminated eggs destroyed by a specialized company”.
While fipronil is considered “moderately toxic” to humans by the World Health Organization (WHO), it may have an impact on human health. kidneys, the liver and the thyroid.
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