08 Aug 2017 --- The scare over the use of insecticide fipronil and how it got into batches of eggs has widened – with UK government agencies issuing a warning that a small number of contaminated eggs have got into Britain’s food chain and have already been consumed. They were imported into the UK between March and June, according to the Food Standards Agency (FSA) which has started an official investigation. This means in all likelihood the eggs would have been already consumed.