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Mr. David Nicholson
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the occasions since 1 January 1990 on which the public health laboratory service has identified salmonella in consignments of imported eggs, giving the date of discovery and the country of origin of the consignment; and if he will make a statement on the public health implications.
Mr. Dorrell
The information requested is given in the tables.
| Isolates of Salmonella Enteritidis from imported eggs 1990 | |
| Date of isolation 1990 | Country of origin |
| 9 April | Holland |
| 18 April | Holland |
| 1 June | Holland |
| 2 June | Holland |
| 11 June | Holland |
| 16 July | Holland |
| 16 July | Holland |
| 16 July | Holland |
| 25 July | Ireland |
| 7 August | Holland |
| 8 August | Holland |
| 20 August | Germany |
| 31 August | Belgium |
| 10 September | Holland |
| 12 September | Holland |
| 20 September | Holland |
| 20 September | Holland |
| 24 September | Holland |
| 1 October | Holland |
| 30 October | Holland |
| 17 December | France |
| Isolates of Salmonella Typhimurium from imported eggs 1990 | |
| Date of isolation 1990 | Country of origin |
| 15 June | Holland |
| 1 August | France |
| 31 August | Holland |
| 21 September | Holland |
| 19 October | Holland |
| 28 October | Holland |
| 8 November | Belgium |