The Ministry of Health urges the public not to consume eggs from the retailer Yesh Ma'of, from all use-by dates up to and including October 20. This is a record quantity of 11 million eggs.
After extensive tests conducted as part of the joint efforts of the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Health to protect public health, Salmonella Enteritidis was found in an environmental test of laying hens at one site.
Upon discovery of the laboratory test results, the ministries immediately stopped marketing the eggs from the sorting station.
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The amount of eggs suspected of being infected from the chicken coop constitutes less than one percent of the total number of eggs marketed in Israel.
The Ministries of Health and Agriculture emphasize that it is forbidden to consume eggs found in the parking lots of retail chains and in consumers' homes that have already been purchased - and they must be destroyed by throwing them in the garbage.
Salmonella is a common bacterium in the world and the State of Israel is making efforts to minimize its presence.
As part of the Salmonella monitoring program in laying hens, 60% laying hen farms in the State of Israel have already been tested and it was found that the prevalence of Salmonella of the Enteritidis strain in laying hens in Israel is less than 3% percent, a rate lower than the percentage of this strain in European countries and the US.
