Spread of feed pollution in 11 European countries may lead to new food safety crisis

Introduction: the number of feedlots in European countries that import the banned growth hormone medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) has risen to thousands, European officials found Tuesday Countries in the European Union have begun to kill contaminated livestock and recycle potentially contaminated meat and soft drinks that have entered the market The European Commission announced last week that banned medroxyprogesterone acetate has been found in pig feed and some soft drinks in some EU member countries, which may trigger a new food safety crisis in the EU German officials said the investigation showed that the feed containing medroxyprogesterone acetate growth hormone had spread to at least six German states More than 300 farms and dozens of feed distribution sites have been seized in the most affected northern and Lower Saxony states Medroxyprogesterone acetate containing feed was found to be banned in half of Dutch pig farms, the Dutch government announced Tuesday Of the 15 EU countries, only four have not found problems The source of the pollution may be industrial waste water According to a survey, a Belgian factory named biorand, which has gone bankrupt, may be the cause of the hormone pollution Belgian police have carried out a search for the Belgian company biorand, which is suspected of committing a crime Two Dutch brothers who run the company in Belgium have one person detained by Belgian police and the other is at large In addition, the police are stepping up an investigation into a clue in Ireland According to Reuters, investigators suspect that the waste water from a pharmaceutical factory in Ireland run by the US pharmaceutical company viette Wyeth may be a source of pollution Biorand treats the waste water as a raw material for contaminated feed