The inspection wanted that initially did not, but Minister Tamara van Ark (Medical Care, VVD) commissioned it on Friday, to the satisfaction of a majority of the Lower House.

#Kankerverwekkende The inspection and the CBG will see if European colleagues endorse their calculations. MPs are worried.

According to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) standard, the detected concentrations of the substance are safe, but not according to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) standard. These standards are “very far apart”, says member of the House Joba van den Berg (CDA).

While EMA considers six polluted pills a day acceptable, according to
With more than one contaminated pill per day, EFSA already poses an unacceptable risk of cancer.

Corinne Ellemeet (GroenLinks) believes that this should be clarified. “There must be agreement on which directive we should now apply.”

Ellemeet believes that the long term should also be investigated. “This is a good time to face our dependence on countries like China and India when it comes to drug production.” If it turns out that there is a danger for consumers, she believes that the paracetamol should be removed from the shelves.

But for now, they're just in the store. The spokesman for Albert Heijn and Etos states that the safety of the paracetamol they sell is not in question, referring to the statement of the Central Bureau of Druggisterijbedrijven and the CBG. They argue that the amount of PCA in the painkillers tested does not exceed the permitted dose according to the EMA standard.

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Still research on contaminated paracetamol