At least 306 people infected with salmonella in Belgium in outbreak linked to eggs

Salmonella are a group of bacteria that can cause a gastrointestinal illness called salmonellosis. Symptoms of infection often include diarrhoea, a fever and abdominal cramps.

Your parents always told you to eat your vegetables if you want to stay strong and healthy, but this summer, you couldn’t be blamed for avoiding some of them. First, it was the lettuce-linked Cyclosporiasis outbreak that turned people away from the nutritious food group. Now, it’s an outbreak linked to alfalfa sprout

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) said that investigations had linked salmonella cases to imported eggs