The worldwide poultry industry should consider
establishing an international equivalent of the U.S.’s Egg
Nutrition Center, said executive director of the Egg Nutrition Center Dr.
Mitch Kanter, who spoke to over 450 delegates at the International Egg Commission’s Annual Marketing and Production
Conference.
Kanter made reference to recent press coverage of
Canadian research suggesting that eating egg yolks was as bad as smoking in speeding up coronary heart
disease and noted that, while there was contact between the Egg Nutrition Center
and egg industry bodies in the UK and Canada, beyond this there was no
coordinated response to the findings that could have been extremely damaging to
the egg industry. An international body would not only be able to offer credible
information, but could provide input and information to help when crises occur,
identify industry experts and help to prevent repetition of effort. An
international body could share ideas and resources and well as jointly help to
support research and education programs, he said.
A starting point might be simply a website that, with time, could grow into
something bigger.
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