Damage from infected-egg scare costs Netherlands at least €150m
The Hague — On Monday, Dutch farmers and retailers were counting the costs stemming from the tainted egg scandal that swept Europe, saying the total ran into tens of millions of euros, as two men at the scandal’s centre were due to appear in court. "The damage is at least around €150m so far," said Mark de Jong, spokesperson for the ZLTO federation of southern Dutch farmers and gardeners. "It depends how quickly we can get through this crisis, but it may still go up," said De Jong, whose organisation represents about 15,000 farmers and gardeners, many of them in the poultry sector. "Damage for supermarket chains have run into tens of millions of euros," added Rene Roorda, director of the CBL federation of retailers, whose members include giant supermarket groups such as Albert Heijn, Aldi, Lidl and Jumbo. "We had to pull eggs from the shelves in 4,000 supermarkets. Millions of eggs had to be destroyed," Roorda said. While untainted eggs were back on the shelves in many shops across ...
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