HC Deb 30 October 1990 vol 178 c444W
Mrs. Gorman

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of food poisoning outbreaks has been traced back to eggs in the current year.

Mr. Dorrell

In the first 39 weeks of 1990, 616 outbreaks of salmonellosis were reported to the PHLS communicable disease surveillance centre. Of the 71 in which a vehicle was specified, 33 or 46 per cent. included egg or egg products.

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