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Fipronil Aldi completely takes all the eggs from the supermarkets
The discounter Aldi has announced to take all eggs Germany-wide from the range. Apparently, the Executive Committee does not want to take any risks. Charged eggs with the insecticide Fipronil from the Netherlands have now appeared in the state of Brandenburg. On the spot you have "taken all the eggs from the sale," as it was called. The measure aims to protect consumers from potential health hazards. Even more discounters have responded. Read on, consumers have to adjust and how they recognize the charged eggs.
Consumers should be cautious when the eggs are labeled "NL". The eggs could be contaminated with the insecticide fipronil. A retail chain had supplied the supermarkets with loaded eggs, confirmed a spokesman for the Potsdam Consumer Protection Ministry on Thursday. As more and more federal states have reported on the detection of fipronil in eggs, the ALDI SÜD and ALDI Nord groups have decided to take all eggs out of Germany for sale. It is a pure precautionary measure, it can continue to be assumed that no health impairment.
Supermarkets take eggs from the market after the toxin fipronil has been detected. Image: Bobo-fotolia From now on only eggs that have been submitted to ALDI for negative fipronil detection from an official sampling or from an accredited laboratory may be delivered to ALDI. The two discounters want to take this step to ensure clarity and transparency for their customers.
For a week, no eggs are sourced from Holland
Since the beginning of the week, ALDI has stopped buying eggs from closed Dutch farms. In addition, landfill, soil conservation and organic eggs have been withdrawn as a precaution in individual regions in recent days. These had low levels of fipronil. According to the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), these levels are so low that a health impairment is practically ruled out.
Customers who have already bought eggs from ALDI can, of course, also return them without presentation of the receipt in all stores. The selling price will be fully refunded. The company pointed out that bottlenecks could occur.
Besides Aldi but also other supermarket chains are affected. For example, grocer Rewe and his discount subsidiary Penny took all "NL" labeled eggs out of the market. This measure was already started on Wednesday. The company Edeka sees no reason: "We only operate eggs from Germany."
Check before consumption!
Consumers should check the eggs for their origin before eating. According to the Federal Office for Consumer Protection, eggs are contaminated with the following print numbers:
0-NL-4310001, 1-NL-4167902, 1-NL-4385701, 1-NL-4339301, 1-NL-4339912, 2-NL-4385702, 1-NL-4331901, 2-NL-4332601, 2- NL-4332602, 1-NL-4359801.
Anyone who has already bought these eggs can bring them back to the dealer. Even without presentation of the receipt, the money will be refunded.
The resale of insecticidal eggs from the Netherlands and Belgium is now stopped, as the EU announced. Food inspectors are currently in the process of controlling numerous farms. They focus on the insecticide Fipronil. They want to find out how the drug got into the eggs. The product against ticks and fleas must not be used in animals that are part of the human food chain.
What health dangers threaten
If fipronil is absorbed or inhaled through the diet in an appropriate amount, it can have a toxic effect on the nervous system and the liver. In some animal experiments it could be proven that the offspring carried the poisonous substance because the mother had taken up the substance. However, the dose makes the poison.
From a value of Fipronil with 0.009 milligrams per kilogram of body weight can be assumed that the health could be damaged. The reference dose may or may not be damaging. At the moment you would have to consume about 20 eggs to absorb this value. Therefore, the Ministry of Consumption assumes that there is currently no acute health risk for consumers, even if they have eaten 1 to 2 eggs that were contaminated. (Sb)