The Food Standards Agency has found eggs from a Ukrainian egg business were contaminated with salmonella.
The FSA has urged businesses to withdraw and recall eggs from Yasensvit from the supply chain immediately after finding they were contaminated with salmonella enteritidis.
The eggs stamped with the code 3UA1012066 should be removed from sale and not consumed.
Yasensvit is part of Ovostar Union, a major Ukrainian egg supplier, which was said to be eyeing a big push into the UK market last year.
Ukrainian suppliers currently have a tariff-free deal into the UK, which is set to continue until 31 March 2028.
The Grocer understands that Ovostar Union is aware of the situation and investigating the matter but is yet to receive official documentation or test results confirming the presence of salmonella.
The FSA had been investigating imported eggs in connection to this year’s salmonella outbreak, which has resulted in two deaths and 586 cases.
Hannah Charles, lead epidemiologist at the UKHSA, said that the strain found in these eggs was genetically different to s.enteriditis strains linked to the ongoing salmonella outbreak investigation but is “associated with 36 salmonella cases in England”.
The update has been called “deeply disappointing” by British Egg Industry Council chief executive, Nick Allen who added it was “exactly the kind of risk the British egg industry has repeatedly warned the government about”.
”While investigations into the wider outbreak continue, this latest incident reinforces our concerns about the safety assurances applied to imported eggs and the significant differences between production standards in the UK and some exporting countries,” he added.
Allen has urged the government to “act on these warnings, starting with a comprehensive review of regulations to ensure that imported eggs meet equivalent standards to those required of British producers”.
According to British Lion Eggs’ Shell Shocked report earlier this year, UK egg imports have risen 60% since 2021, increasing from approximately 1 billion to 1.6 billion eggs per year with imports from Ukraine jumping 65.6% in 2025 alone.
“Eggs bought in major supermarkets are produced in the UK, and therefore not affected by this outbreak,” said Jacquelyn McCormick, head of incidents at the FSA. “This issue relates specifically to eggs from one business in Ukraine, which are primarily supplied through wholesalers and the catering supply chain, but also sold at small retailers.”
She added: “Consumers should not eat these eggs and businesses should withdraw them, and where retail sales have occurred, recall them, as these eggs may be unsafe to eat.”
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