Marcel van Silfhout is a Dutch freelance investigative journalist.

Marcel van Silfhout (1968) worked as an investigative journalist for the Utrechts Nieuwsblad, the GPD and for TV programmes such as Zembla (VARA), KRO's Reporter, De Ombudsman and Uitgesproken (VARA). He is a board member of the Dutch-Flemish Association of Investigative Journalists (VVOJ).

His travel cookbook Kookkaravaan, Smaakroute door Marokko was declared 'Dutch Cookbook of the Year' in 2011 and '3rd Best Cookbook of the World' in 2012. Since 2013 he has been active as an independent investigative journalist.

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Name
Marcel van Silfhout
Expertise
food security, railways
Land
Netherlands
Stad
Oosterbeek
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How safe is our food?

  • Healthcare

THE NETHERLANDS - More than 60,000 people in the Netherlands are infected with salmonella every year. The resistant ESBL bacterium has been found on three-quarters of the chicken meat there. Is our food as safe as manufacturers and ministers claim?

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