Egg or egg in the fritters? Food minister visits butcher after decisive typo error

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Egg or Egg in Frikadellers? Food Minister Visits Butcher after Decisive Typo

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It should have cost 40,000 DKK to write 'egg' in small letters.

Lene Hammer Larsen and Jakob Jensen, Food Minister (V). 25 min. ago

Perhaps it was Denmark's most talked-about frikadelle affair.

The one has certainly been well-known enough to attract fine visits to Østerport Slaughterhouse in Ikast today.

Food Minister Jakob Jensen indeed passed by butcher Lene Hammer Larsen and bought a pack of frikadellers.

She has had a case hanging over her head for over three years, where she was fined 40,000 DKK for writing 'egg' in small letters on a pack of frikadellers. But the fine has been withdrawn.

- It's fantastic. I never dared to think that I would get this far with it. So it's nice to know that the legal system works when you fight for something, says Lene Hammer Larsen.

She had refused to pay the fine, and at the same time, the court hearings were cancelled again and again.

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> We must have high food safety, but we must also be reasonable with the way we treat businesses.

> Jakob Jensen, Food Minister (V)

The case has caused a stir, so at the beginning of October, Food Minister Jakob Jensen (V) decided to change the rules for food control.

- I didn't feel that it was unfairly harsh with such a large fine. We must have high food safety, but we must also be reasonable with the way we treat businesses, he says.

When declaring ingredients, allergens must be highlighted in a way that they stand out from the other ingredients and are easy to spot. This can, for example, be by writing it in capital letters.

From now on, similar cases will be handled with a raised index finger instead of a fine.

- But it's still the same rules that apply, underscores the minister.

And of course, he would naturally have a pack of frikadellers with him at home.

- Frikadellers are actually almost my lifeline. It's at least on top three, says food minister Jakob Jensen (V).

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