Angola is planning to destroy 11 million eggs imported illegally into the southern African state.

This is according to  the agriculture minister Afonso Pedro Canga who revealed that the chicken eggs were brought in without an official health certificate.

He did not however say from where the eggs, seized at the port in the capital Luanda, were imported from.

Angola’s government in January this year[2015] had said  that it wanted to boost consumption of domestically produced food and drink.

Speaking at an agricultural fair, Canga said the production of eggs in Angola was increasing to meet demand.

According to the BBC, About 25 million eggs were laid each month, and he wanted this to increase by 10-15 million. Angola is said to have a population of 24.3 million.