The contaminated eggs could have been used in products such as sandwich fillers and salads sold in UK supermarkets Francois Lenoir/ReutersSupermarkets have been forced to withdraw egg-based products after it emerged that 700,000 potentially contaminated eggs were imported to the UK — 30 times more than the regulator had previously said. Waitrose, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons and Asda have pulled sandwiches, sandwich fillers, mayonnaise and salads which may contain eggs contaminated with fipronil, an insecticide which can cause nausea, vomiting, headaches and dizziness. The food regulator claimed on Monday that only 21,000 had been imported from implicated farms. The Food Standards Agency also assured the public that its investigations showed affected products were no longer on supermarket shelves. It emerged today that this was a false assurance and that potentially contaminated products were still being…

Source: The Times August 10, 2017 16:07 UTC