On- farm monitoring has revealed a case of Salmonella enteritidis (SE) at an egg farm in Western Sydney, New South Wales, demonstrating the ongoing importance of biosecurity measures for the egg industry. Apparently contamination has not spread to birds on other farms and there have been no public health issues caused by contaminated eggs . The detection was made at an early stage with regular on-farm testing showing low levels of SE antibodies. Australian Eggs says there were no clinical signs of disease in the flock and there have been no public health cases linked to the detection. The affected farm and the NSW Food Authority have contained the incident with all eggs diverted to pasteurisation and the flock has been "depopulated.". In previous salmonella instances, the NSW Food Authority said All the properties confirmed to have had SE present were interconnected in that people, eggs or equipment were moving between them. So far, this latest contamination appears to be confined to one property which may indicate that some big producers now understand contamination issues created by the movement of eggs and people between properties - standard practice for big producers. Meanwhile, in the Netherlands The owner and the manager of a dutch egg farm have been convicted of selling eggs knowing they were contaminated with salmonella.
The prosecution followed guests at an event in 2017 falling ill, with one eventually dying, after consuming the contaminated eggs.
The eggs were purchased from a supermarket in Germany and were sourced back to the poultry farm in Wouterswoude in the Netherlands.
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