Salmonella-free eggs

Scientists in Britain say they've developed the first egg to be guaranteed free of salmonella, which can cause acute food poisoning.

They've found a way to pasteurise eggs, using a special oven, but without actually cooking them.

The BBC consumer affairs correspondent says the eggs look and taste virtually the same as untreated ones.

After a health scare in Britain in the 1980s, chickens were vaccinated against salmonella, people were warned against eating raw eggs, and cases of salmonella poisoning dropped dramatically.

From the newsroom of the BBC World Service