The Local France https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed French government publishes first list of products linked to contaminated eggs The French Agricultural Ministry has released its first list of products linked to the tainted egg scandal. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170818/french-government-publishes-list-of-products-linked-to-contaminated-eggs Fri, 18 Aug 2017 14:47:07 +0200 french-government-publishes-list-of-products-linked-to-contaminated-eggs 250,000 contaminated eggs sold in France since April French Agriculture Minister Stephane Travert has announced that nearly 250,000 insecticide-contaminated eggs have been sold in France since April, but the risk for consumers is "very low". https://www.thelocal.fr/20170811/250000-contaminated-eggs-sold-in-france-since-april Fri, 11 Aug 2017 13:16:52 +0200 250000-contaminated-eggs-sold-in-france-since-april Tainted egg scandal: France demands more information French Agriculture Minister Stephane Travert said Wednesday he wanted "much more fruitful and rapid exchanges of information" with his EU partners over a tainted egg scandal. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170810/france-demands-more-information-over-europe-egg-scandal Thu, 10 Aug 2017 11:44:42 +0200 france-demands-more-information-over-europe-egg-scandal Tainted eggs scandal spreads to France France and Britain said Monday that some insecticide-tainted eggs may have entered their countries, as millions of chickens faced being culled in the Netherlands in a growing European contamination scandal. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170808/tainted-eggs-scandal-spreads-to-france Tue, 08 Aug 2017 11:18:05 +0200 tainted-eggs-scandal-spreads-to-france Farmers warn of more egg-smashing rampages Angry French poultry farmers laid down an ultimatum to the government on Tuesday. If the price of eggs does not rise in two weeks, they will resume a rampage that saw them smash 200,000 eggs in a matter of days earlier this month. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130814/farmers-warn-of-more-egg-smashing-rampages Wed, 14 Aug 2013 10:45:31 +0200 farmers-warn-of-more-egg-smashing-rampages Egg crisis: Minister to meet with angry farmers France’s minister of agriculture is set for showdown talks with French farmers, angry over the low price of eggs, this week as he attempts to avert a repeat of last week’s egg-smashing rampage that saw half a million destroyed on roads. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130812/egg-crisis-minister-to-meet-angry-farmers Mon, 12 Aug 2013 12:37:00 +0200 egg-crisis-minister-to-meet-angry-farmers