Currie testifies in eggs row

Title

Currie testifies in eggs row

Genre

News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate

TX Date

9 Feb 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:03:04

Description

Peter Spencer reports from Westminster on a Parliamentary Select Committee debate following the publication of a Government report which says more than two million people suffer from salmonella poisoning every year. The findings - revealed in The Times - back former junior health minister Edwina’s Currie’s warnings about infected eggs. Includes statements by Jerry Wiggin and Edwina Currie.

Contributors

Peter Spencer; Edwina Currie; Jerry Wiggin

Keywords

Reports; Agriculture; Farming; Eggs; Edwina Currie; Salmonella; Poultry farming; Poultry industry; Salmonella infections

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