Written question – Threat to health from PFAS in food – E-001626/2025

Question for written answer  E-001626/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Günther Sidl (S&D)

According to the news website Euractiv, the Dutch health agency (the Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheiden Milieu or ‘RIVM’) issued a warning just before Easter advising people against eating eggs from their own garden, after studies reportedly found a high concentration of PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances), the harmful ‘forever chemicals’. The Euractiv article claims that similar warnings are in place for regions in France, Belgium and Italy.

• 1.Does the Commission have a procedure for monitoring the PFAS contamination of food in the Member States and individual regions?
• 2.What does the Commission make of the threat to health posed by PFAS in food, particularly in privately produced eggs?
• 3.Does it have current plans to reduce the health risks associated with PFAS in food?

Submitted: 23.4.2025