EU worries over possible new foodscare

A new food scare is spreading across Europe, after the discovery of chloramphenicol, an antibiotic which can stop blood cell production, in animal feed. It is feared that meat infected by the antibiotic, originally used to fight diseases in shrimps, may already have reached supermarkets.

A new food scare is spreading across Europe, after the discovery of chloramphenicol, an antibiotic which can stop blood cell production, in animal feed. It is feared that meat infected by the antibiotic, originally used to fight diseases in shrimps, may already have reached supermarkets.