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The British Egg Industry Council has issued a stark warning to caterers in light of a number of prosecutions where food poisoning outbreaks have resulted from using imported eggs. The latest prosecution is of Michelin-starred restaurant Chapter One,which was fined £3,000, and showed that...

The British Lion Quality egg marketing campaign has won two top industry awards this week. The Golden Egg Award The Lion Quality eggs marketing campaign was held up as an example for the rest of the world as it scooped the Golden Egg award, the highest accolade at the International Egg...

The egg industry has drafted in some of the country’s leading fashion students to help crack the challenge of making the design classic more appealing to the youth audience. The British Egg Industry Council has joined forces with London College of Fashion to look at ways of modernising the...

The nation recently woke up to eggs in a rather different way, as experts from the egg industry recounted the modern history of eggs during a half hour documentary on BBC2, entitled ‘Ever Wondered About…Eggs’. The programme featured a history of the Lion mark, both old and new. The...

Sixteen years after her remarks about salmonella in eggs led her to resign her post at the Department of Health, Edwina Currie officially gives the thumbs-up to the new safety standards of British eggs by launching British Egg Week. Mrs Currie is taking centre stage to launch a new...