Dutch test chicken meat following contaminated egg recall

Dutch test chicken meat following contaminated egg recall

Dutch officials are carrying out spot checks on chickens bred for meat over fears that they too have been treated with a toxic insecticide that has forced the recall of millions of eggs across northern Europe.

Scientists are looking for the presence of fipronil. It is a common ingredient in veterinary products for getting rid of lice but is banned from being used on animals destined for human consumption.

Millions of eggs have been recalled from shops and warehouses in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany in recent weeks due to fears of contamination.

On Monday the European commission and the UK’s Food Standards Agency said that they had discovered over the weekend that around 21,000 potentially contaminated eggs had also been imported into the UK. Officials in France, Sweden and Switzerland have also been informed of a risk to consumers.
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