A criminal investigation on the event of adding hormone to feed in Holland

Lead: Amsterdam, July 11 (Reuters) - authorities in the Netherlands said Thursday they had begun a criminal investigation into the pollution of hundreds of farm pig feed by hormones, a banned hormone The government of the Holland has repeatedly assured the EU that control measures have been taken Last month, three farms in the Netherlands found feed contaminated with hormones, raising concerns about a range of food safety issues that have recently swept Europe The Netherlands is the third largest pork exporter in the world According to official statistics, the number of contaminated farms has risen from 42 last week to 355 A spokeswoman for the public prosecution told Reuters: 'we have started the investigation Prosecutors will work with the General Bureau of investigation and the Ministry of agriculture to determine whether any farmers or feed processors should face criminal charges Prosecutors in Belgium are investigating bioland, a bankrupt Belgian company, and suspect it may be a source of pollution from MPa hormone, which experts believe can cause infertility A spokesman for the Ministry of agriculture, Benno bruggin, said the number of contaminated farms rose rapidly this week, and the survey found that MPa not only provided farmers with their own mixed pig feed, but also feed processors In 2000 pig farms, about 55 of which have their own feed, have received MPa contaminated glucose as feed ingredients 74 feed companies have purchased the contaminated feed ingredients and transported the feed to 300 pig farms Laurens Jan brinkhorst, Minister of agriculture, has assured the EU that the situation is under control after the EU asked the Netherlands to take measures to block contaminated farms and feed plants Laurens Jan brinkhorst, in a letter to the director of the European Commission on health, said that all sources of MPA had been tracked From today on, the contaminated feed would not be produced again, and pigs fed with high content of MPA feed would not enter the market again 355 pig farms have been monitored Only when inspectors confirm that these farms and pigs are no longer contaminated can the monitoring be removed.