HC Deb 27 January 1999 vol 324 c300W
Dr. Tony Wright

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what percentage of egg production was contaminated with salmonella in the last year for which figures are available.[67608]

Mr. Rooker

[holding answer 25 January 1999]: A Department of Health funded survey undertaken in 1995–96 indicated that, at retail level, about 1 in 600 UK-produced eggs (0.17 per cent.) were contaminated with salmonella.

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