Equipment that allows farmers and manure transporters to cheat with the amount of manure that is removed has been left untouched by the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Safety (LNV) for five years. It also happens in Drenthe, but there are hardly any fraud cases. In a country where much more manure is produced … Read more
Omrop FryslânA pack of Frisian gingerbread nuts In association with Omrop Fryslân NOS News•today, 4:21 PM•Amended today, 5:23 PM Several bakery companies in Friesland have stopped producing and selling Frisian gingerbread, gingerbread made from gingerbread dough. This is due to stricter regulations from the European Commission. It has everything to do with a substance that … Read more
The Hague – An Asian tiger mosquito was found in the municipality of Katwijk. An attentive resident of that municipality sent the mosquito to the Dutch Food and Consumer Products Safety Authority (NVWA), which confirmed it was the Asian tiger mosquito. “These animals are not found naturally in the Netherlands,” says a spokesperson for GGD … Read more
ANP News from the NOS•yesterday, 23:25 Bird flu was diagnosed for the second time this year at a broiler farm in the Frisian village of Blija. 80,000 broilers are culled, reports the Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA). Last January, the company also cleaned up after the diagnosis of avian flu. Within an … Read more
The Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) again warns against 3-litre champagne bottles of the brand Moët & Chandon Ice Impérial, because the drug may contain MDMA. Four people in the Netherlands have already become ill after drinking the contaminated champagne and someone in Germany has died from it. It is the second … Read more
Chairman Wilfred Reinhold of the Platform Stop Invasieve Exoten has been fighting for transparency when it comes to the tiger mosquito for years. This year he also submitted a Wob request (Public Access to Government Act) about this. “A tiger mosquito was found in Amstelveen in March of this year. After submitting a Wob request, … Read more
– Photo: CC0 – Inspectors from the Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) will be in Sittard in the near future to combat the Asian tiger mosquito. Last year, most tiger mosquitoes were found in South Limburg, at 2 locations: in Valkenburg and Sittard. The NVWA combated this mosquito species last year and … Read more
The Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) warns consumers not to use the herbal preparation Montalin. – In addition to herbs, it also contains illegally added pain-relieving drugs, but this is not stated on the packaging. According to the NVWA, the web shops that sold this drug have ceased trading. However, it is … Read more