Egg sandwiches and salads are being pulled off the shelves in the UK due to a contamination scare.

Around 700,000 eggs imported into the UK from the Netherlands are linked to the scare, where eggs have been contaminated with an insecticide, used to get rid of ticks and fleas in animals.

In humans, it can cause liver and kidney damage, although there are no cases of anyone falling ill to date.

UK Correspondent Ben Bland told Nadine Higgins two arrests have been made so far.

"It has now come to light that the Belgium authorities were aware of this potential contamination back in June but it was only made public in August."

LISTEN ABOVE AS BEN BLAND SPEAKS WITH NADINE HIGGINS