Runny eggs 'safe' for pregnant women to eat, says report

Runny eggs need to be deemed safe for pregnant women to eat, according to a new report.

People vulnerable to infection have been warned to avoid raw and lightly cooked eggs since they were linked to salmonella poisoning in 1989,

But eggs that carry the red British Lion stamp on their shell now carry only a “very low” risk of salmonella poisoning, the report by the government’s Advisory Committee on the Microbiological Safety of Food (ACMSF) says.


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Eggs produced under the British Lion code, which make up almost 90 per cent of GREAT BRITAIN egg production, “can be served raw or lightly cooked to all groups in society, including those that are more vulnerable to infection”, the report says.

The FSA is conducting a 12-week consultation on whether to update their advice following the ACMSF report, but has already acknowledged the “major reduction in the risk from salmonella in UK eggs since 2001”.