Concern: Fifteen EU countries are endangered by poisonous fironil (Video) insecticide

Concern: Fifteen EU countries are endangered by poisonous fironil (Video) insecticide

Fifteen EU countries, such as Hong Kong and Switzerland in their market, have eggs contaminated with the fironal insecticide, the European Commission says. The European Commission will hold a regular meeting with the ministers on 26 September. The chief of food security has called on countries to stop “being proven and shamed” each other. [...]

The European Commission will hold a regular meeting with the ministers on 26 September. The chief of food security has called on countries to stop “being proven and shamed” each other.

Eggs that came mainly from the Netherlands have been found a harmful pesticide that is banned by the EU in the use of the food industry.

“Face and shame will not bring us anywhere, and I will stop this”, said Vytenis Andrucaitis ) European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety.

The “initially must be the main things. Our joint job and priority now is to manage the situation, collect information, focus on the analysis and lessons we have received from this case to improve our system and prevent criminal activity”, he added.

On Thursday, Dutch investigators arrested two people suspected of using the African insectocide on the eggs, “reported. BBC”, report Periscope.

Supermarkets in Belgium, Holland and Germany have attracted millions of eggs from the sale.

On Friday, French Agriculture Minister Stéphane Travert said some 250,000 eggs affected had been sold in the country since April, adding that all products containing eggs from contaminated farms would be removed from food store shelves.

It is thought that the fipronyl, which is used to kill lice and ticks in animals, was used as disinfectant on several poultry farms in Holland, Belgium, and Germany.

This insecticide can damage human kidneys, liver glands, and thyroids if they have a large amount of food.

The Netherlands is Europe's largest egg producer and one of the world's largest egg exporters and egg products./Periscopi/

 

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