The European Commission is looking to provide reassurance following the discovery of insecticide residue in eggs in Belgium and the Netherlands. “The farms have been identified and the eggs held back. The contaminated eggs have also been identified and withdrawn from the market. In short, the situation is under control”, according to the Commission press service on Thursday 3 August.
The Belgian Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain (FASFC) was informed at the start of June that a...