Fipronil in eggs
RIVM provides background information to the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) about the toxicity of the substance fipronil and its possible health effects . This is general information about the substance itself, and the available information about possible short-term and long-term health effects. RIVM has based this information on scientific publications about fipronil and reports by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the World Health Organisation (WHO).