World Egg Day

We are accustomed to the fact that global dates associated with thousand-year traditions, great victories, and most important events receive the title of international holiday Therefore, at first glance, World Egg Day cannot be considered a serious holiday And yet it has existed and been celebrated since 1996 The date was established by the IEC (International Egg Commission) at the next Vienna Conference The main prerequisites for the declaration of World Egg Day were:• promoting international cooperation between all sectors of the egg industry;• encouraging the development of quality statistics on market research for eggs and egg products;• promoting the harmonization of international marketing standards;• encouraging hygienic production;• studying and assisting in the problem of international trade;• promoting the work carried out by international agencies in countries where nutrition and food security are insufficient;• encouraging countries to increase the consumption of eggs and egg products• introducing activities to improve the lives of laying hens;• encouraging actions that promote conservation environment All of the above proves that the consumption of eggs in modern conditions covers many universal human problems These include: low standard of living, food insufficiency, harmful ecology, cruelty to animals, suppression of important information, precarious economic ties and much more It was typical for the 90s of the 20th century to unleash unverified or incomplete information on the media Thus, when talking about salmonellosis, a disease caused by eating eggs, they were silent about the fact that heat-treated eggs are completely harmless And information about increased cholesterol for egg lovers turned out to be far from the truth After all, egg cholesterol is very low in content, and the beneficial substances completely compensate for the harmful threat The truth is that eggs are a wonderful dietary protein product containing many useful substances and vitamins The beneficial effect of eggs on the human body can be shed light by the fact that the champions of longevity, the Japanese, are the country with the highest consumption of this product People who managed to live to see their 100th birthday note that eggs were the basis of their diet World Egg Day is celebrated on the second Friday of October For many countries, this is a reason to launch a broad media information campaign In America, television broadcasts recipes for unique egg dishes all day long Austria has distinguished itself by decorating cities with balloons with the inscription: “An egg - every day” Hungary invites everyone to come and enjoy the famous egg goulash In many countries around the world, festivals, promotions, flash mobs and concerts are held that highlight the benefits of eggs and egg products, and inform about the problems associated with the production and trade of this product