News

Are you whisking a healthy egg tomorrow morning?

Did you start your day nicely this morning with a well-filled omelet? Then it might just be that breakfast is not as healthy as you had hoped. What turns out? The Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority warns about eggs from several poultry companies in our country. At one of these companies, there is even a direct danger to public health, according to the NVWA. If you have a weak stomach, you may click the cross in the top right corner of the screen now. The contaminated eggs contain fipronil, a lice-killing agent with which several eggs have been contaminated. For us, this is not immediately bad for health, but it can indeed be dangerous for children.
Now you naturally want to know if you can better throw your box in the trash. I understand. Me too. With this simple code deciphering, you will know if you can just scramble your egg again tomorrow morning.

Each egg has a stamped code, with which you can find out where it comes from via an app. The app was developed by the poultry sector itself to promote transparency. The codes of contaminated eggs that the NVWA has made public consist of a number of letters and numbers.

 
The five digits refer to the company of origin. The digit for NL can be a 0, a 1, or a 2. 0 stands for organic eggs, 1 stands for free-range eggs, and 2 stands for barn eggs. Then you have the first 5 digits after NL, which stand for the company where the eggs come from. The last X's stand for the stable number.

Codes of contaminated eggs

Eicode of eggs with acute danger to public health:
X-NL-40155XX

 
Eicode of eggs with too high fipronil content for children:
X-NL-41679XX
X-NL-42071XX
X-NL-42659XX
X-NL-42766XX
X-NL-43113XX
X-NL-43326XX
X-NL-43514XX
X-NL-43640XX
X-NL-43835XX
X-NL-43879XX

You immediately know what your homework is for tonight. I'm also diving into the kitchen here...