2024-10-10
Since the beginning of the year, several accumulations of disease cases with Salmonella Enteritidis have been identified where epidemiological investigations have pointed to the consumption of imported eggs. The eggs have been sold both to private individuals in shops that do not belong to the larger chains and to restaurants. Several of the disease cases have consumed soft-boiled eggs or unheated eggs in, for example, mayonnaise, béarnaise sauce, Skagen scrambled eggs and pasta carbonara. On several occasions, eggs from private individuals, from shops and from restaurants have been analysed, however, without salmonella being able to be detected.
To avoid becoming infected, raw eggs or foods with raw eggs from countries other than Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark should not be consumed. The risk of infection when consuming such eggs is avoided by heating the whole egg, including the yolk, or the food containing eggs (see the Swedish Food Agency’s recommendations under Read more).
Continued investigative work takes place in collaboration between regional infection control, municipalities, the Swedish Food Agency and the Public Health Agency.
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