Sweden’s largest egg producer to cull all its chickens following recurrent salmonella outbreaks

STOCKHOLM — Sweden’s largest egg producer, which had practically 1.2 million chickens or 20% of all laying hens within the nation earlier than a salmonella outbreak, has been ordered to euthanize all of them so the ability will be totally cleaned.

The Swedish Board of Agriculture has given up on makes an attempt to scrub the hen homes at CA Cedergren, which has had recurring salmonella outbreaks prior to now 12 months, Sweden’s major farming information outlet, ATL, mentioned Wednesday.

Swedish authorities have tried to scrub contaminated hen homes on the southern Sweden firm. “It was not profitable and now that we have now re-infection, we wanted to do one thing totally different,” Katharina Gielen, the board’s head of an infection management, informed ATL.

It was unclear what number of chickens could be killed. There was no rapid remark from CA Cedergren.

In July, Sweden skilled a quick scarcity of eggs on account of a December 2022 salmonella outbreak that affected the corporate, ATL mentioned. In April, all deliveries from CA Cedergren have been stopped after salmonella micro organism have been discovered within the farm’s packing room. In August, 340,000 chickens needed to be killed on the farm after a salmonella an infection was found in two hen homes.

Marie Lönneskog Hogstadius, spokesperson of the trade group Swedish Eggs, informed Swedish information company TT that bizarre shoppers won’t be affected by the culling. Eggs from CA Cedergren have as an alternative gone to the meals trade the place they have been heated to kill any salmonella and have been utilized in, amongst different issues, ready meals and powdered eggs.

Signs of salmonella an infection embody fever, diarrhea, vomiting and dehydration. Most wholesome individuals get better inside per week with out remedy.