One person dies and hundreds ill after salmonella outbreak in the UK

Josh Milton | Senior science and technology reporter Published August 18, 2026 2:12pm Updated August 18, 2026 2:12pm Public health and food safety officials have tied the outbreak to imported eggs (Picture: Getty Images) At least one person has died amid an outbreak of salmonella in the UK thought to be tied to imported eggs, food safety officials told Metro. Since August last year, 207 people have been sickened with salmonella, a bacteria that causes food poisoning. Cases have swelled in recent weeks and, of them, 199 have been in England, six in Scotland, one in Wales and one in Northern Ireland. London has seen the highest number of infections at 47, while Yorkshire and the Humber saw 38. More than a third of those affected – some babies and others as old as 90 – needed hospital care, t