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‘Breggsit’ storm brewing as businesses encouraged to prepare

Food businesses across the UK are being encouraged to ‘trust the Lion’ and rely on British Lion eggs and egg products – for both surety of supply and food safety - ahead of the UK’s departure from the European Union in March 2019. With Brexit supply uncertainty and recent food safety...

Eggsplore dishes from around the world with Izy Hossack

Dubbed the ‘new Nigella’ by The Times, British Lion eggs are excited to have teamed up with blogger, author and young-foodie trailblazer Izy Hossack. The graduate nutritionist and food photographer has created four delicious veggie egg recipes that take inspiration from cuisine around the...

New Government report confirms benefits of introducing eggs early in weaning

A new report confirms that allergenic foods, including hen’s eggs, can be introduced to a child’s diet from around 6 months of age. ‘Feeding in the first year of life’ from The Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) was published on 17 July and gives recommendations based on the...

New Dutch egg safety report shows need for higher standards

Producers of British Lion eggs are calling on the EU to raise egg safety standards across Europe in light of a new Dutch Government report into the fipronil in eggs scandal, which highlighted insufficient food safety standards. The report into the 2017 scandal concluded that the Dutch egg...

TV show highlights runny Lion eggs for all

The food safety standards of British Lion eggs were highlighted on Food Unwrapped on Channel 4 last night (25 June). Food Unwrapped travels the world to explore the industry secrets behind the nation’s favourite food and this episode saw presenter Jimmy Doherty meet with Edwina Currie and...

British Lion animation launched

Following the latest food safety incident affecting non-UK eggs, British Lion eggs has launched a new animation with food safety expert, Dr Lisa Ackerley, explaining the benefits of choosing British Lion eggs and egg products. Watch the animation to see why not all egg products are the...

Eggs: your questions answered by Dr Hazel Wallace

Having canvassed her social media followers to find out what they think about eggs, British Lion eggs ambassador Dr Hazel Wallace, aka The Food Medic, has published a blog answering the most burning questions, and explaining why they're so good for you. The answers can also be found in a...

Major egg contamination in Europe: processors call for testing

Following last year’s fipronil scandal involving millions of eggs, many of which were processed, British Lion Egg Processors are disappointed that another major incident has been reported with eggs believed to have originated from the Netherlands. With reports that a large number of eggs...

Google "cracking up" over new emoji?

British Lion eggs has questioned whether Google is “cracking up” following a news story about the tech giant removing an egg from their salad emoji to avoid offending vegans. A British Lion spokesperson said: "Are the people at Google cracking up? We completely understand that vegans...
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