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The directors of a Dutch company said to be at the heart of
Europe’s contaminated egg scandal have been remanded in custody for two weeks
while the investigation continues.
The Chickfriend bosses – Martin van der B
aged 31 and Mathijs IJ aged 24 – were arrested last Thursday. They face charges
of endangering public health by supplying the pesticide fipronil to poultry
farmers. They are also suspected of dealing in a banned substance.
Fipronil is
banned from use in circumstances where it could enter the food chain, but is a
key ingredient in some flea preparations used on cats and dogs.
The two are
being kept in ‘isolation’ which means they are not allowed any contact with the
outside world apart from their lawyer.
Millions of eggs and tens of thousands
of chickens have been destroyed because of the scandal. Experts put the damage
to the Dutch poultry sector at €150m.
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