False Claim: Child in Razgrad Poisoned by Ukrainian Eggs

In a post shared hundreds of times on Facebook, “a mother claims” that her child was poisoned after consuming Ukrainian eggs, reports BNR.

One stated that “a recent incident involving eggs imported from Ukraine has caused alarm among the local population,” but did not mention who the “local population” was.

In the other publication, which is similar, it is claimed that the mother is from Razgrad. After the child consumed eggs of Ukrainian origin, he felt stomach pains.

The mother took the eggs to an independent laboratory, which confirmed the presence of heavy metals and radiation, the article said.

Claim: A child from Razgrad was poisoned after eating Ukrainian eggs

On the day of publication, which is March 24, 2023, no national or regional media reported an incident involving a child consuming Ukrainian eggs.

In the two sites where we can read the article, similar texts have been published. They say that the site’s team does not have information about the “authenticity of any material that reaches the editorial office” and “It is possible that this article is not true, and any resemblance to actual persons and events is coincidental “.

Reverse search of the image of mother and childused in Bulgarian publications, leads to 2016 article in the online edition of the UK’s Daily Mail. which described the case of a mother whose 4-year-old child was determined by a school nurse to be obese.

In the picture is 29-year-old Samantha Stroud and her daughter Honey-Rose, who have nothing to do with the child and mother from Razgrad. The action takes place at Brixington Primary Academy in Devon – South West England. The image shows the woman with the letter she received from the school.

Before the Easter holidays, the topic of eggs imported from Ukraine is gaining more and more popularity. On March 24, 2023 The Bulgarian Food Safety Agency issued an official positionon the occasion of inspections of eggs originating in Ukraine.

It said the samples were tested for banned veterinary medicinal products, antibiotics, sulfonamides, coccidiostats, heavy metals and radioactivity, and the results were negative.

The analysis was carried out in the accredited Central Laboratory of Veterinary-Sanitary Expertise and Ecology (CLVSEE). The conclusion of the BABH is that Ukrainian eggs are safe. The agency writes that the final results are from samples of fresh chicken eggs, class A, originating in Ukraine, imported into Bulgaria during the period March 9-19, 2023.

Conclusion

The claim that a child from Razgrad is poisoned after consuming Ukrainian eggs is FALSE. The published photo is not of a mother and child from a Bulgarian town, but of 29-year-old Samantha Stroud and her daughter Honey-Rose from Devon – South-West Great Britain.

Before Easter, the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency conducts constant inspections of the quality and safety of eggs. The last one is from March 24, 2023 and shows that Ukrainian eggs are safe.

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