Dutch knew about contaminated eggs last year, Belgium claims
Belgium has accused the Netherlands of knowing about a potentially dangerous egg contamination since last year.
Belgian officials had already admitted to knowing, in June, that Dutch eggs might contain a harmful insecticide.
The information was not made public until a month later, a move widely criticised across Europe.
But Belgian Agriculture Minister Denis Ducarme said a document now showed its neighbour knew about the problem as far back as November 2016.
The chemical in question, fipronil, can harm people's kidneys, liver and thyroid glands.
It is used to treat lice and ticks in animals, and as a general insecticide, but it is not approved for use in the food industry.
(continued, I miss the horsemeat scandal days....now.)
