UK to test eggs for contamination

British authorities are to begin testing eggs for any traces of a banned insecticide which has caused a food scare in the Netherlands.

Defra, the UK’s agriculture ministry, said it will test eggs for the Dega-16 red mite treatment, the product which has been contaminated with fipronil.

However, Defra also says there is no evidence of the insecticide being used in Britain, nor any evidence that the substance has contaminated any eggs in Britain.