Rospotrebnadzor in St. Petersburg have arrested 203 kg of egg powder from the EU fipronil
The party had been contaminated with insecticide powdered eggs didn’t arrive in retail stores. The Agency arrested the whole party imported into Russia of goods in the amount of 203 kg.
As the press service of Rospotrebnadzor on September 2, the office of the Ministry in Petersburg found in the wholesale segment batch of egg powder from France. Products are accompanied by a veterinary certificate for the import. Laboratory studies have found in the egg powder high concentrations of fipronil and its derivatives.
The team also took in retail samples of various baking mixes, made of egg powder from Europe, as well as egg powder other countries. They excess toxic substances were found.
Control in circulation of eggshell powder increased in connection with the information about the discovery in Europe of eggs contaminated with fipronil.