Food safety problems again in EU

Introduction: Brussels, July 10, Xinhua (reporter Feng Jian) the European Commission announced here on July 10 that the EU has recently found banned hormone medroxyprogesterone in pig feed and some soft drinks of some member countries This is another outbreak of food safety problems in the EU after BSE, FMD and dioxin In announcing the new situation, bayat, a spokesman for David Bourne, the European Union's Commissioner for health and consumer rights, said that most of the pig feed in question was produced by some Dutch companies, while the Dutch pig feed producers bought raw materials from a company in Belgium At present, more than 8000 pigs eat this kind of feed containing medroxyprogesterone Some problematic feed and pigs have been sold to Belgium, Germany, Italy and Spain, bayat said But she didn't say how many problematic pork had been sold or consumed Bayat also announced that megestrol was also found in glucose syrups used to make soft drinks in Belgium last week At present, Belgium is investigating and collecting evidence The Belgian food safety agency did not disclose the brands of the soft drinks and the quantities involved According to Belgian media reports, the above-mentioned companies in Belgium imported medicines to be destroyed from Ireland and provided them to Dutch companies producing pig feed and some soft drink manufacturers One of the Dutch brothers who started the company in Belgium has been detained by Belgian police and the other is at large In order to minimize the scope of damage, the European Union has ordered strict inspection of slaughtered pigs and the immediate destruction of pigs or pork found to have problems EU veterinary committee will hold an emergency meeting in Brussels on the 10th to discuss countermeasures It is widely believed that, like mad cow disease and foot-and-mouth disease in the past, this food safety issue will once again frustrate consumers' confidence in European food safety, making the European food industry, which has been affected by the credit crisis and is not very prosperous, even worse.