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Suspicion: investigation of rotten eggs in Austria – extent of fraud is still unclear

A large food production site in Austria and is supposed to have, according to media reports spoiled eggs to Eigemisch processed and resold.

The liquid mixture had been delivered to bakeries, Noodle maker and frozen food manufacturer, reported the "Süddeutsche Zeitung" and the "The Upper Austrian Nachrichten". The Prosecutor’s offices of St. Pölten in Austria, and Munich, have started investigations.

The media are based, among other things, on statements of a private detective. Submitted photos documented disgusting conditions. "Raw eggs, from which maggots crawl and where mould is liable.

The yolk, which should be egg yolk, prick, from which, however, pitch-black spots to emerge, and bestial Gestank", wrote the "The Upper Austrian Nachrichten". Eggs had been stored for months.

Eggs were definitely "somewhere in Europa" processed

The operation in the district of Amstetten would not comment on demand to the allegations. The Prosecutor’s office of St. Pölten, confirmed the investigation due to suspicion of fraud. "The investigations are in an early stage. There is still no final Überblick", a authorities spokesperson said. Although spoiled raw materials should not be processed, whether they may have been were used as a basis for baking or pasta used. "It is certain that the eggs processed somewhere in Europe wurden", quoted the "SZ" the man.

The SPD-consumer protection expert in the Bavarian state Parliament, Florian von Brunn, demanded in a written request for clarification from the state government. It was to ask if there have been suppliers and also manufacturing businesses in Bavaria. "The fact, that the Munich public Prosecutor’s office has begun an investigation. Apparently, there are business relationships to upper Bavaria."

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