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Businesses still locked due to fipronil affair
Dozens of poultry farms are still faced with a (partial) blockade as a result of the fipronil affair. This is apparent from a letter from Minister Carola Schouten (Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality).
In the summer of 2017, hundreds of poultry farms in the Netherlands (and Belgium) were blocked. This is because the pesticide fipronil was found in the eggs. A total of 363 farms (with 808 stables) were locked. At a large part of these companies the eggs also had to be cleared and the stables were cleaned, which means that the damage rose considerably.
Schouten now reports that 8 companies are still completely blocked and that 29 companies are still partially blocked. In Belgium, about 2017 companies were blocked as a preventive measure in 86. Of these were in October 2017 11 more completely or partially silent.
Measures taken
The Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) has since taken measures to ensure that any signals about the use of fipronil in the future can be assessed and dealt with more quickly by specialists.
In addition, the cooperation between the investigative branch of the NVWA and supervisors has improved. "When incidents occur, we can share information about individual companies with industry associations. They can then play a role in taking measures, for example by recalling products," the NVWA reports. at Felt.
Kimberly Baker
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