Belgium admits it knew about insecticide-contaminated Dutch eggs back in June

‘Belgian officials have admitted they knew in early June that eggs from Dutch farms could possibly be contaminated with a toxic insecticide, fipronil, which can affect people’s kidneys and liver, but chose not to go public because of an ongoing fraud investigation.
“We knew since the beginning of June there was probably a problem with fipronil in the poultry sector,” Katrien Stragier, a spokeswoman for Belgium’s food safety agency (AFSCA), told Flemish broadcaster VRT on Saturday, as cited by taggesschau.de
“We immediately launched an investigation and we also informed the prosecutor because it was a matter of possible fraud. From that point on the secrecy of the inquiry took precedent. We understand that people have questions about public health and we are trying to answer them,” she added, according to AFP.’
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