Routine sampling of imported eggs has uncovered a separate Salmonella Enteritidis outbreak in the United Kingdom, with 36 illnesses in England in 2026 linked to a single Ukrainian supplier.

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) and Food Standards Scotland (FSS) have told caterers, manufacturers and wholesalers to withdraw and recall all dates and sizes of eggs from the affected business. The order carries no date cutoff: every batch is in scope.

The eggs came from Yasensvit, a company based in Kyiv, and carry the producer code 3UA1012066 stamped on the shell. The FSA warns the eggs may have been repacked by UK businesses and sold under different names or packing center details, complicating traceability for operators who bought through secondary suppliers.

What did the sampling find?

Egg sampling was already underway as part of the investigation into a larger outbreak thought to be linked to imported eggs. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) found Salmonella Enteritidis in samples from the Ukrainian supplier and ran whole genome sequencing, which showed the strain differs from those behind the other outbreak clusters now under investigation.

Jacquelyn McCormick, head of incidents at the FSA, said: "We have identified Salmonella Enteritidis in eggs that were imported from a business in Ukraine and taken urgent action to protect public health and advised that any affected product on the UK market is withdrawn and recalled."

She added: "This issue relates specifically to eggs from one business in Ukraine, which are primarily supplied through wholesalers and the catering supply chain, but also sold at small retailers. Consumers should not eat these eggs and businesses should withdraw them, and where retail sales have occurred, recall them, as these eggs may be unsafe to eat."

How large is the wider outbreak?

Three Salmonella outbreaks across the UK have sickened more than 650 people and killed two. Investigators have linked 47 patients to 11 businesses, and at least 24 infected people ate dishes containing eggs. The eggs trace to multiple sources, but two large importers are under further investigation.

The numbers by cluster:

• Cluster one: 428 confirmed patients and one death, with sample dates from Aug. 11, 2025, to Sept. 22, 2026. England logged 102 new infections in the past month. Patients range from under 1 to 90 years old, median age 30; 72 of 271 patients with known outcomes were hospitalized.
• Cluster two: 194 patients in England, with sample dates from May 27, 2025, to Sept. 14, 2026. Ages run from under 1 to 92, median 29. Of 55 patients with available information, 25 were admitted to hospital.
• Cluster three: 44 cases and one death, with sample dates from Jan. 27 to Aug. 24, 2026. Ages range from under 1 to 87, median 32, and nine people have been hospitalized.

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) is monitoring the first cluster — a Salmonella Enteritidis sequence type 11 — which has also sickened people in the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Denmark, France and Germany. At least 34 people have been hospitalized in that multinational group.

What is the picture across the UK nations?

Scotland has 16 confirmed patients: 15 in the first cluster and one in the third, with sample dates from April 1 to Sept. 3, 2026. Patients are aged 2 to 78, median 36, and 11 are female. Several reported bloody diarrhea, though none were hospitalized because of salmonellosis. Two additional Scottish cases from 2025 fall in the second cluster.

Wales has 10 cases in the first cluster and two in the second. One patient in the first cluster lives in Northern Ireland, and two further illnesses have been recorded in either Jersey, Guernsey or the Isle of Man.

What should operators do now?

For restaurants, caterers and wholesalers, the practical instruction is a full stock check: any eggs bearing code 3UA1012066, or repacked product whose origin cannot be verified, should be withdrawn immediately and recalled where retail sales occurred. With two large importers still under investigation and the ECDC tracking the outbreak across seven European countries, further supplier-level findings remain likely as sequencing work continues.