Salmonella

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.------------------------
|Date of isolation 1990|
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|9 April               |
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|18 April              |
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|1 June                |
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|2 June                |
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|11 June               |
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|16 July               |
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|16 July               |
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|16 July               |
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|25 July               |
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|7 August              |
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|8 August              |
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|20 August             |
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|31 August             |
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|10 September          |
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|12 September          |
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|20 September          |
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|20 September          |
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|24 September          |
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|1 October             |
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|30 October            |
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|17 December           |
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|Date of isolation 1990|
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|15 June               |
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|1 August              |
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|31 August             |
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|21 September          |
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|19 October            |
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|28 October            |
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|8 November            |
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