Return of the good egg

In November 2008, the Turkish Branch of the World’s Poultry Science Association arranged a symposium on egg quality. Following challenges of the 1970s and 1980s, including cholesterol and Salmonella, new elements like the inclusion of selenium and the benefits of choline, lutein, folic acid are now being discussed. All of these efforts are aimed at improving the positioning of the egg in human nutrition. By Dr Peter Hunton, Cambridge, ON Canada Keynote speaker at the symposium was Dr Don