Dutch Eggs

What do we know about the Europe egg scare?

It added that in the UK, the Dutch eggs were not sold as shell eggs but used in foods with many other ingredients - mostly sandwich fillings or other chilled foods.

It said traces of fipronil - which can be harmful to humans - were mixed with other eggs so chemical residues would be "highly diluted".

The British Egg Industry Council said shell eggs on sale to consumers in the UK were not affected.

It said: "All major UK retailers stock British Lion shell eggs and tests have shown that there is no risk from British eggs."

Supermarkets in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany have withdrawn millions of eggs from sale.

Processed foods containing eggs, including sandwiches and salads, have been recalled from UK supermarkets including at Sainsbury's, Morrisons, Waitrose and Asda.

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Withdrawn egg products

Sainsbury's ham and egg salad (240g) use by 9-14 August 2017

Sainsbury's potato and egg salad (300g) use by 9-14 August

Morrisons potato and egg salad (250g) use by up to 13 August

Morrisons egg and cress sandwich (sold in Morrisons Cafe only) use by up to and including 11 August

Morrisons cafe sandwich selection (sold in Morrisons Cafe only) use by up to and including 11 August

Waitrose free range egg mayonnaise deli filler (240g) use by 13 and 16 August

Waitrose free range reduced fat egg mayonnaise deli filler (170g) use by 14 August

Waitrose free range egg and bacon deli filler (170g) use by 14 and 16 August

Asda baby potato and free range egg salad (270g) use by 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 August

Asda spinach and free range egg snack pot (110g) use by 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 August

Asda FTG ham and cheddar ploughman's salad bowl (320g) use by 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 August

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Jon75 said:

700,000 eggs is slightly more than the 21,000 they initially said. Didn't the Dutch know about this last year? Also, didn't Belgium wait at least a month or so too before saying anything?

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