Europe's tainted eggs hurting future trade for Netherlands

London

THE egg contamination scandal sweeping across Europe will hurt trade from the Netherlands, the region's top exporter, and may spur other countries to increase domestic production, according to Chris Elliott, director of the Institute for Global Food Security.

Worries about eggs tainted with the insecticide fipronil have led supermarkets in Germany, the UK and Switzerland to pull fresh eggs, deli filler and egg sandwiches off the shelves.