Shops bin egg products amid Europe health scare

Four supermarkets have taken products off their shelves in the wake of the egg contamination scare – as the Food Standards Agency says the scale of the problem is higher than previously thought.

Around 700,000 eggs from Dutch farms implicated in the Fipronil contamination scare have been distributed to Britain, rather than the 21,000 first estimated, the watchdog said.

In response, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons, Waitrose and Asda have withdrawn a total of 11 products – including sandwiches, sandwich fillers and salads – from sale.

The FSA said investigations into the incident suggested it was “very unlikely” that the eggs posed a risk to public health as it released a list of processed products withdrawn in the UK “to ensure that consumers are protected”.