https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Thousands of eggs for sale in Germany have been found to contain traces of an insect killer. This comes less than a year after the same insecticide found its way into millions of eggs in the Netherlands and Germany. https://www.thelocal.de/20180612/mass-recall-in-germany-of-73000-eggs-contaminated-with-venom Tue, 12 Jun 2018 15:04:19 +0200 mass-recall-in-germany-of-73000-eggs-contaminated-with-venom German authorities have banned the publication of information about the scandal that made headlines in the summer regarding eggs contaminated with the insecticide fipronil. https://www.thelocal.de/20171026/germany-holding-back-on-publishing-info-about-egg-scandal Thu, 26 Oct 2017 17:28:21 +0200 germany-holding-back-on-publishing-info-about-egg-scandal According to a report published in the Süddeustche Zeitung on Tuesday, the insecticide Fipronil - first found in eggs in July - has made its way further into the food chain. https://www.thelocal.de/20171010/egg-scandal-insecticide-found-in-bakery-products-advocaat-report Tue, 10 Oct 2017 11:48:48 +0200 egg-scandal-insecticide-found-in-bakery-products-advocaat-report Recalls of unsafe food products often reach consumers too late or not at all, the campaign group Foodwatch said Thursday, calling for tighter oversight after a Europe-wide scare erupted over insecticide-tainted eggs. https://www.thelocal.de/20170824/germany-is-too-slow-in-warning-of-unsafe-food-in-half-of-all-cases-food-watchdog Thu, 24 Aug 2017 17:23:14 +0200 germany-is-too-slow-in-warning-of-unsafe-food-in-half-of-all-cases-food-watchdog A German state minister charged on Wednesday that over three times more eggs contaminated with the insecticide fipronil had entered the country than the national government has admitted. https://www.thelocal.de/20170817/germany-is-playing-down-scope-of-tainted-eggs-scandal-state-minister-claims Thu, 17 Aug 2017 11:13:12 +0200 germany-is-playing-down-scope-of-tainted-eggs-scandal-state-minister-claims The number of eggs contaminated with Fipronil delivered to Germany is much higher than previously thought, according to a report in the Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung (NOZ). https://www.thelocal.de/20170816/at-least-28-million-contaminated-eggs-delivered-to-germany-report Wed, 16 Aug 2017 12:53:29 +0200 at-least-28-million-contaminated-eggs-delivered-to-germany-report Polish and Slovak authorities said on Thursday and Friday they had discovered insecticide-tainted eggs imported from Germany as the scandal spread to Romania and Denmark. https://www.thelocal.de/20170811/slovaka-finds-tainted-dutch-eggs-imported-from-germany Fri, 11 Aug 2017 16:48:46 +0200 slovaka-finds-tainted-dutch-eggs-imported-from-germany German chemical giant BASF said on Thursday it would not reapply for EU authorization for some uses of pesticide fipronil, at the heart of a tainted egg scandal that has set member states at odds. https://www.thelocal.de/20170810/german-chemical-giant-basf-to-restrict-use-of-pesticide-in-egg-scandal Thu, 10 Aug 2017 16:45:44 +0200 german-chemical-giant-basf-to-restrict-use-of-pesticide-in-egg-scandal Millions of chickens could be culled in the Netherlands over fears of insecticide-tainted eggs, an industry body said as Belgium vowed full transparency on Monday about why it kept the scandal secret. https://www.thelocal.de/20170807/millions-of-chickens-face-cull-in-toxic-egg-health-scandal-eggs Mon, 07 Aug 2017 19:02:10 +0200 millions-of-chickens-face-cull-in-toxic-egg-health-scandal-eggs Belgian officials admitted Saturday they knew in early June there was a potential problem over insecticide-contaminated eggs but kept it secret because of an ongoing fraud investigation. https://www.thelocal.de/20170806/belgium-admits-it-kept-quiet-about-tainted-eggs-recalled-in-germany Sun, 06 Aug 2017 12:05:46 +0200 belgium-admits-it-kept-quiet-about-tainted-eggs-recalled-in-germany As millions of eggs are pulled from stores and destroyed in the Netherlands and Germany due to an insecticide contamination, here's what you should know about the health concerns. https://www.thelocal.de/20170804/what-you-should-know-about-the-toxic-eggs-found-in-12-german-states-insecticide-contamination Fri, 04 Aug 2017 15:07:44 +0200 what-you-should-know-about-the-toxic-eggs-found-in-12-german-states-insecticide-contamination Both Aldi Süd and Aldi Nord have completely stopped selling all eggs as German officials said on Thursday they believed three million eggs tainted by a toxic insecticide had made it into the country and been sold. https://www.thelocal.de/20170804/aldi-stops-selling-all-eggs-as-contamination-scandal-widens-insecticide Fri, 04 Aug 2017 11:01:53 +0200 aldi-stops-selling-all-eggs-as-contamination-scandal-widens-insecticide More eggs contaminated with traces of an insecticide have been discovered as not only Dutch farms but also a German facility have been found to be affected. https://www.thelocal.de/20170803/toxic-eggs-reaching-ever-more-german-states-officials-say Thu, 03 Aug 2017 16:49:17 +0200 toxic-eggs-reaching-ever-more-german-states-officials-say A huge quantity of eggs originating from Belgium has been recalled from shops in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), after testing found they contained high levels of an insecticide. https://www.thelocal.de/20170731/900000-eggs-recalled-in-western-germany-due-to-insecticide-fears Mon, 31 Jul 2017 17:10:48 +0200 900000-eggs-recalled-in-western-germany-due-to-insecticide-fears Discount supermarket giant Aldi Nord has pledged to stop selling any eggs from caged hens in its stores globally by 2025, making it the first multinational supermarket in the world to do so. https://www.thelocal.de/20160802/aldi-nord-makes-first-global-cage-free-egg-pledge Tue, 02 Aug 2016 12:28:29 +0200 aldi-nord-makes-first-global-cage-free-egg-pledge In a basement of Dresden University, German scientists are busy refining a technique that could save millions of fluffy chicks from being shredded to death moments after they hatch. https://www.thelocal.de/20160425/german-scientists-seek-way-to-end-live-chick-shredding Mon, 25 Apr 2016 10:31:58 +0200 german-scientists-seek-way-to-end-live-chick-shredding Agriculture Minister Christian Schmidt hopes to end mass shredding of male chicks in hatcheries in the next two years, he announced on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20150330/minister-promises-killing-free-eggs Mon, 30 Mar 2015 15:38:27 +0200 minister-promises-killing-free-eggs One of Germany's biggest organic farming associations has called for its largest egg-producer member to split itself into small units so that chickens which are supposed to be kept in humane, free-range conditions actually are. https://www.thelocal.de/20130328/48807 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 12:44:00 +0100 48807 As Easter approaches and Germany's supermarkets are filled to the brim with holiday-themed chocolate, we at The Local put our heads together and came up with a list of appropriate egg idioms for your egg-ification. https://www.thelocal.de/20130327/48767 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 07:41:00 +0100 48767 German producers, distributors and companies that made and tested eggs containing unacceptable levels of the cancer-causing element PCB could face hefty fines, it emerged Saturday. https://www.thelocal.de/20120414/41945 Sat, 14 Apr 2012 14:53:00 +0200 41945