eggs

A pasteurisation unit for liquid eggs – a key step in ensuring microbiological safety prior to drying. Photos: International Egg Foundation
09-04 | News

Egg powder plant boosts child nutrition in Ethiopia

Significant improvements in layer performance have extended production cycles towards 100 weeks of age. Photo: Hans Banus
08-04 | News

Dual strain Salmonella vaccination approved for in-lay birds

The milestone was marked at a Cage-Free Meet co-hosted by Global Food Partners and the Nguyen Gia Livestock Production Cooperative in Hung Yen Province, Hanoi, where local producers discussed the business case for cage-free production and the first steps in the transition. Photo: Global Food Partners
08-04 | News

Vietnam egg industry reaches cage-free milestone

For an egg producer in Suffolk, the only sign of a problem, initially, was a rise in seconds recorded at grading. Image created with the help of AI (Reve)
31-03 | News

Dust on eggs: Concerns raised as cases increase across the UK

The Ukrainian egg production sector is gradually recovering after a significant decline in livestock numbers and the loss of production capacity in eastern and southern Ukraine at the beginning of the war. Image created with the help of AI (Reve)
12-03 | News

Ukraine boosts egg exports by over 60%

Birthe Steenberg, secretary general of AVEC, argued that the sector needs to rethink its communications approach: “We need to show that we are not villains…we produce people’s food.” Image created with the help of AI (Reve)
12-03 | News

UK poultry sector unites on resilience at NFU conference

In terms of layer shed building, the busiest 5-year period was 2016-2020 when 206 sheds were built across the UK with a total capacity of 3.45 million hens. Image created with the help of AI (Reve)
05-03 | News

UK egg sector’s ageing sheds and new-build slowdown

Scientists have sampled eggs collected from a small number of domestic poultry keepers within 1km of the Hillhouse site to see whether they contain PFAS chemicals. Image created with the help of AI (Reve.art)
18-02 | News

UK: Egg contamination warning near chemical plant

Exports exceeded the equivalent of 1% of total national egg production in Brazil, without compromising domestic supply, which continues to absorb around 99% of what is produced in the country, according to ABPA president Ricardo Santin. Photo: Embrapa
11-02 | News

Brazil more than doubles egg exports in 2025