Contaminated eggs: Netherlands failed to sound alarm, says Belgium
(The Guardian Belgium)

Food safety scandal deepens as Dutch authorities are accused of not passing on early discovery of fipronil in eggsEurope´s latest food scandal has deepened as Belgium accused the Dutch authorities of failing to sound the alarm after discovering eggs were being contaminated with a harmful insecticide as early as November last year.The Belgian agriculture minister, Denis Ducarme, told a parliamentary hearing that his officials had obtained an internal Dutch document that reported `the observation of the presence of fipronil in Dutch eggs at the end of November 2016`. Related: Millions of eggs removed from European shelves over toxicity fears Continue reading...