Prof. Chris Elliott's take on the fipronil scandal

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An article in The Grocer by EFG Member Prof. Chris Elliott

So a new food scandal hits our shores once again. This time the culprit appears to be a company selling disinfectants laced with an illegal insecticide to a large number of poultry farmers in Holland and Belgium. Unknown to these farmers this insecticide (fipronil) contaminated many millions of eggs over what appears to be a considerable period. The scandal, as scandals often do, started off in one country but quickly impacted countries across Europe and further afield.

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