Salmonella prevalence in UK laying flocks is low, but maintaining this position means continuing to adapt as production systems and on-farm management practices evolve. That was a key message from Elanco’s Pride in Protection event, where speakers praised the sector’s achievements. Former politician Edwina Currie spoke at the event via video, nearly 40 years after her infamous statement claiming that most of the UK’s eggs were contaminated with Salmonella. She told delegates: “It took some time to put everything right, but it wasn’t governments that put it right, it was the producers and scientists and all the people they work with…