Eggs contaminated with insecticide were imported into UK from Europe

Contaminated eggs that were imported from Europe have been distributed in the UK, the Food Standards Agency says.Millions of eggs were taken off shelves in Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden and Switzerland after they were found to contain an insecticide called fipronil, which is used in veterinary products to treat things like fleas and ticks."The number of eggs involved represents about 0.0001% of the eggs imported into the UK each year," it said.