Free-range eggs no longer available in UK due to bird flu
bbc.co.uk
bbc.co.uk
What is avian flu? https://ukhsa.blog.gov.uk/2021/11/26/what-is-avian-flu/
Some key points from the article:
- Avian influenza also poses a very low food safety risk to consumers. Properly cooked poultry and poultry products, including eggs, are safe to eat.
- Year-round avian influenza surveillance of dead wild birds is submitted via public reports and warden patrols.
- There are 5 strains that have caused public health concern in in recent years: H7N9, H9N2, H5N6, H5N8 and a type of H5N1 strain more common in Asia
- In the UK there have been both findings in wild birds and confirmed cases in poultry and captive birds of the ‘Eurasian’ H5N1 strain of avian influenza.
- The H5N1 strain of avian influenza is highly pathogenic to poultry and other birds, but the risk to human health is considered very low.