25 September, 2015

Eggs contaminated with salmonella from a Bavarian factory were linked to an international outbreak which struck a Birmingham hospital where one fatality was positively attributed to salmonella. Five patients died at Heartlands Hospital in Bordesley Green and the bacteria was traced back to eggs from factory Bayern Ei in Bavaria, Germany. The salmonella outbreak at Heartlands Hospital between 25 May and 18 June 2014, saw 32 staff and patients infected. The Salmonella outbreak at Heartlands Hospital in Birmingham between May 25 and June 18, 2014, sickened 32 staff people and patients. A report found that the infection directly caused the death of one patient.
An estimated 60,000 contaminated eggs from Bayern Ei were reportedly sent to England last month but were destroyed before they entered the food chain.