Brussels – Food firms liable for fipronil contamination after start of August
EU companies that put foods containing egg or chicken contaminated with the insecticide fipronil on the market after 1 August…
Fipronil contamination rocks Europe egg sector
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Fipronil scare – Mondelez biscuits given all-clear by Czech authorities
The Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority (CAFIA) has confirmed biscuits recalled by snacks giant Mondelez International did not contain…
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Fipronil – EU says worst is over but food safety to be tightened up
A meeting of European Union agriculture ministers in Estonia yesterday (5 September) to discuss the fipronil contaminated eggs crisis suggested…
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Contaminated eggs discovered in 40 countries as EU ministers prepare to meet
European agriculture ministers are due to meet today (5 September) to discuss the fipronil affair as it emerged eggs contaminated…
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Tainted eggs scare reaches Italy
Italy is the latest European country to find traces of the insecticide fipronil in egg-based products. The authorities there have…
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Fipronil – EU ministers to meet to discuss egg crisis
The European Commission is to hold a special meeting with EU ministers and food safety authorities over the ongoing scandal…
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Fipronil – UK grocers pull food lines, Dutch make arrests
The fipronil-in-eggs contamination scare that has rocked Europe's egg sector saw two major developments today (10 August), with UK supermarkets…
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Netherlands dismisses Belgium’s claims on fipronil egg contamination
Claims from Belgium the Netherlands knew about eggs contaminated with the toxic insecticide fipronil as early as last year are…
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Fipronil egg scandal takes in UK, France
Eggs contaminated with the insecticide fipronil reached the UK and France, two more countries that have been touched by a…
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Fipronil – Belgium “knew eggs might be contaminated”
Belgium's food safety agency has said it knew in June eggs from farms in the Netherlands might be contaminated with…
