Chicken eggs being processed and packed at a facility in Costestii din Vale village in Romania. - AFP
BRUSSELS: A scandal involving eggs contaminated with insecticide spread to 15 EU countries, Switzerland and as far away as Hong Kong on Friday as the European Commission called for a special meeting on the growing crisis.
Ministers and food safety chiefs from around the European Union are set to meet on Sept 26 in a bid to get countries to stop "blaming and shaming" each other over the scare involving the chemical fipronil.
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