A Modern History of British Eggs
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1558/ppc.30074Keywords:
Great Britian, food safety, food regulation, food and poliitcs, eggs, agribusiness, food marketing, food scandals, 20th CenturyAbstract
The author, at the time of writing, was the organizer of the Abergavenny Food Festival and a former sheep farmer. In this article he writes about food safety, government policy and contemporary food scares in Britain focusing on the history of the eggs and the egg industry.
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