22.05.2009

Denmark receives a special allowance from the EU to require all egg imports to be free of salmonella.
European Union health authorities okayed a Danish application for ‘special status’ earlier this week that will ensure all eggs imported to the country are guaranteed by their distributors as being 100 percent salmonella-free.
Eva Kjer Hansen, the food and veterinary minister, called the approval from Brussels a ‘breakthrough’ and said Denmark would also be seeking special status for chicken imports as well.
According to Statens Serum Institut, the national disease control centre, 3,700 Danes suffered from salmonella-related illnesses last year and that four people have died of salmonella poisoning since October.