08.11.2016

On October, 20, 2016, Poland was notified by the EU Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF), submitted by the Netherlands, about a contamination of eggs with Salmonella Enteritidis detected in Europe. The information contained in the notification clearly showed that the contamination was caused by the shipment of eggs from a poultry farm from Wielkopolska Province in Western Poland. The outbreak of Salmonella has been traced by multiple countries to eggs from Poland. As a result of the notification, the Polish exporter withdrew from the market millions of eggs across Europe, including Poland. According to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), from May 1 to October 12, 2016, seven countries (Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the UK) had reported a total of 260 illnesses out of which 112 were confirmed and 148 probable human cases of Salmonella.