LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Chief Medical Officer Donald Acheson on salmonella in eggs

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

11 Jan 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:02:00

Description

Richard Bestic reports from Westminster following MP Edwina Currie’s claims that most egg production in the country is infected with salmonella. Britain’s Chief Medical Officer, Sir Donald Acheson, informs a House of Commons inquiry that only a very small proportion of eggs are infected but that these pose a serious health problem. Also on there being no evidence either way that most egg production is infected.

Contributors

Richard Bestic; Donald Acheson

Keywords

Health; Members of Parliament; Food poisoning; Food; Food safety; Eggs; Edwina Currie; Salmonella

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