Liquid eggs linked to scare are in Scotland

A small amount of liquid eggs from overseas farms linked to a contamination scare has been received by food firms in Scotland, but there is unlikely to be any risk to public health, according to a watchdog.

Food Standards Scotland (FSS) said the products were immediately taken off the market.

It emerged last week that hundreds of thousands of eggs from Dutch farms implicated in the Fipronil insecticide contamination scare had been distributed to Britain, with some supermarkets taking certain products off their shelves.

FSS said investigations revealed “a small amount of liquid eggs from implicated farms was received by food businesses in Scotland”.

The watchdog stressed: “It is very unlikely there is any risk to public health.”