Photo: DPARecalls of unsafe food products often reach consumers too late or not at all, the campaign group Foodwatch said Thursday, calling for tighter oversight after a Europe-wide scare erupted over insecticide-tainted eggs. Foodwatch said current food safety regulations were too vague and left "too much room for interpretation" as to when a recall is needed. It urged the government to take a more active role, as producers had a clear "conflict of interest" when it came to taking unsafe products off the market. "Food producers almost never use all the communication tools available to warn about unsafe products," Foodwatch said. In the case of the eggs scare, Belgium became the first country to officially notify the EU's food safety alert system on July 20, followed by the Netherlands and Germany.

Source: The Local August 24, 2017 13:30 UTC