The suspicion of the egg salmonella was exceptionally high

In Finland An exceptionally extensive suspicion of salmonella in eggs has been observed. Dava Foods, an egg pack, announced that it would run more than half a million eggs from the market.

The specialist in the food agency Mika Varjonen In Finland, about one two to two retrospectives each year due to the suspicion of eggs for eggs. They do not happen every year.

« In general, the dumps of eggs have been very much smaller in numbers, » he says.

How was the suspicion observed?

Lay eggswho were later found to be subject to Salmonella's suspicion, had been delivered from Dava Foods to the S Group and Kesko on Thursday 6 February.

Dava Foods received a positive salmonella sample in their self -monitoring on 21 February. It came from the raw mass of the eggs, as the company not only packs eggs but also manufactures products for, for example, wholesale.

The company announced that it would pull a number of eggs off the market on Thursday, February 27th. Later, it noticed that there were more eggs under suspicion and pulled even more eggs out of sale on Monday, March 3.

Dava Foods CEO Juha-Petri Jokinen According to the delay, the discovery was due to the fact that the same day, another production batch had been packed at the packing plant due to a late customer order. Initially, the latter batch was missed in the trace.

Jokinen says that the company has immediately isolated the eggs under the suspicion and was in contact with authorities and customers. Samples were taken from the production facilities and the locations were thoroughly cleaned, after which new samples were taken again.

What happens now?

Positive The salmonelle finding is not yet final, as confirmation of the result is a four -step laboratory process.

The packing company has located the suspicion of salmonella in one egg space.

It is not known where Salmonella got into the chickens and eggs. It is still being investigated.

There is thorough cleaning on the egg farm.

The farm has two floor canals. One had just under 30,000 chickens and the other has less than 20,000. Salmonella suspicion was located in a 30,000 chicken building. These chickens had already been killed anyway, as in power production the chickens laid for about a year, after which they are replaced with new ones.

It is likely that the space will also have to stop less than 20,000 chickens in another building. It has to be done earlier than in production rhythm would otherwise be done.

Entrepreneur Can't take new chickens immediately to lay eggs. According to Jokinen, the egg farm is washed with effective cleaning agents and some structures may need to be dismantled.

According to Jokinen, the farm will cause major financial losses. The situation can also be difficult for the producer mentally.

“There is a longer -term situation that there is no turnover, but just costs,” Jokinen says.

The slaughter of chickens was first told Generalwho also reached the egg farm. The entrepreneur told Yle that the case came as a surprise. Official veterinary samples had been taken from the farm in December and then everything was fine.

Do I have to worry?

Although The recall was exceptionally large, according to Varjänen of the Food Authority, no indication that Salmonella could be found on other premises or that it would be a broader problem.

In Central Europe, for example, Salmonella is quite common in egg.

“You have to relate to it. This is not the end of the world. When cooking eggs and taking care of hand hygiene and kitchen hygiene, Salmonella does not stick, ”says Varjonen.