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  The nation's best egg dish crowned on World Egg Day

  Today on World Egg Day, Yum Yum Bakery (Guildford, NSW) has taken out the title of having Australia’s Best Egg Dish in the 2019 Eggsellence Awards.

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  Egg industry responds to new food safety challenges

  The Australian egg industry has worked closely with authorities to respond to the recent series of Salmonella Enteritidis (SE) incidents. SE has been detected on eleven egg farms in New South Wales and one in Victoria and all sites have been quarantined and undergone decontamination.

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  New Research Reveals Eggs Contain 82% of Daily Vitamin D Intake

  Eggs are one of the highest natural sources of vitamin D
  An average serve of eggs provides 82 per cent to help Aussies achieve the recommended vitamin D intake
  Australians are now consuming 17 million eggs per day, over two million more than 2017
  Vitamin D deficiency is common in Australia with almost…

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  Egg Industry Action on Food Safety

  Australian Eggs is working with government health and agricultural departments to investigate the cause of a Salmonella Enteritidis (SE) incident at a Victorian farm. SE is a concern as it poses a food safety risk.

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  Australian Eggs weighs in on US study linking eggs with increased heart disease risk

  In response to a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) over the weekend (1) and the associated media coverage that has appeared both globally and locally, Australian Eggs urges caution in how the study findings should be interpreted by Australian consumers.

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  Egg industry responds to community feedback

  The opinions of thousands of Australians who participated in a CSIRO research program about egg farming in Australia have been addressed in a Sustainability Framework Report for the egg industry.

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  Eggs go back to school

  Australians eat more than six billion eggs a year and the story of their production and consumption is being brought to life in a new schools education program.

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  Thousands respond to CSIRO egg industry survey

  A survey canvassing the views of thousands of Australians about the egg industry has found that while the industry is viewed positively by the public, it also faces key challenges in developing deeper levels of trust with the Australian people.

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  Egg consumption booming

  Australian egg farmers responded to fast growing domestic demand with the record breaking production of 6. 2 billion eggs in the 2017-18 financial year. New statistics released by Australian Eggs today also show average consumption in Australia has risen to 245 eggs per person per year. 16.

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  CSIRO community survey goes live

  Egg farmers are turning the spotlight on themselves with a new research project aimed at revealing just what Australians think about their industry. Australian Eggs, an industry-owned research organisation has invested in the project that’s being undertaken by the CSIRO.

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  New Model for Animal Welfare

  Developing new technology to measure stress in hens and identifying values-based elements in animal welfare science are key items in Australian Eggs’ new research and development plan released today.

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  Shared responsibility on food safety is working

  The “everyone’s responsiblility” approach to food safety is working with Australia on track to record a significant fall in the number of cases of Salmonella food poisoning for the second consecutive year.