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 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 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 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