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This episode is a real fungi!
Sarah covers the recent sentencing in Belgium’s largest food fraud, the Fipronil egg scandal. Then we hear a listener story that will make you laugh and might change the way you look at mushrooms.
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Special thanks to Rachel Wharton for the listener story this week.
References
Eurojust (2021). Sentences for Belgian Suspects in Fipronil Egg Contamination Case. European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Corporation. https://www.eurojust.europa.eu/sentences-belgian-suspects-fipronil-egg-contamination-case
Food Safety News (2021). Three Sentenced in Belgium as Part of Fipronil Egg Scandal. Food Safety News. https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2021/06/three-sentenced-in-belgium-as-part-of-fipronil-egg-scandal/
Holder, P. J., Jones, A., Tyler, C. R., & Cresswell, J. E. (2018). Fipronil pesticide as a suspect in historical mass mortalities of honey bees. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS, 115(51), 13033-13038. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1804934115
Hope, A. (2021). Accused in Belgium’s biggest-ever food fraud trial sentenced. Brussels Times. https://www.brusselstimes.com/news/business/172633/accused-in-belgiums-biggest-ever-food-fraud-trial-sentenced/
Sawyers, T. (2018). Conditioned Taste Aversion. Health Line. https://www.healthline.com/health/taste-aversion#getting-over-your-aversion
Trager, R. (2018). Fipronil responsible for historic honeybee die-off. Chemistry World. https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/fipronil-responsible-for-historic-honeybee-die-off-/3009865.article
