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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11847

25 August 2017
SECTORAL POLICIES / Food safety
Contaminated eggs, French authorities not aware of potential presence of amitraz
Brussels, 24/08/2017 (Agence Europe)

The Dutch government confirmed on Wednesday 23 August that a second insecticide, amitraz, was sued by Chickfriend, the service provider accused in the case of Fipronil-contaminated eggs. The French authorities reacted on 24 August, stating that they had not been informed about this through the European early warning system (RASFF).

The scandal began in June when Fipronil, an insecticide that is banned for animals that enter the food chain, was discovered in a batch of eggs (see EUROPE...