Healthy eating

Citation

(2010), "Healthy eating", Nutrition & Food Science, Vol. 40 No. 5. https://doi.org/10.1108/nfs.2010.01740eab.011

Healthy eating

Article Type: Food facts From: Nutrition & Food Science, Volume 40, Issue 5.

Since its reintroduction in 1998, the Lion quality mark for eggs has successfully repaired the damage caused to eggs' reputation by misguided assumptions about cholesterol content and the devastation of Edwina Currie's infamous salmonella outburst in the late 1980s. But this scheme only applies to chicken eggs and the duck egg market, despite clear evidence of growing interest, is still hamstrung by consumer unfamiliarity and a lack of clarity regarding traceability and quality standards. To combat this, Watercress Lane, the UK's largest producer of duck eggs, has now launched its own quality mark, the “Blue Duck”, to guarantee its eggs are produced to consistently high standards of freshness, food safety and animal welfare.