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EU says Belgium took weeks to notify tainted egg discovery

EU says Belgium took weeks to notify tainted egg discovery | iNFOnews.ca
FILE - In this May 9, 2011 file photo, EU flags fly outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels. Kathy Brison of the Belgian food safety agency said Sunday Aug. 6, 2017, that Belgian food safety authorities began investigating possible pesticide contamination in eggs in early June, several weeks before the public was made aware of a food safety scare now affecting several European countries. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe, FILE)

BRUSSELS – The European Union’s executive arm says Belgian authorities took around a month to notify it about the discovery of eggs contaminated with an insecticide.

Dozens of poultry farms in Belgium and the Netherlands have been investigated amid the hunt for eggs containing Fipronil, which is dangerous to human health.

Millions of eggs have been pulled from stores in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany. Britain, France, Sweden and Switzerland have been warned that contaminated eggs might be on their territories.

European Commission spokeswoman Mina Andreeva said Tuesday that “no information about this contamination incident was provided” until July 20. Tainted eggs were found in Belgium in June.

She said EU states “have a legal obligation” to notify the Commission immediately if they have information about a threat to human health.

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