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A partial answer may now be available to the age old question "What came first, the chicken or the egg?". The question is vexing, the answer complicated, but the process elegant, it would appear.

Researchers at the Universities of Warwick and Sheffield in the UK have found that "chicken", or at least a particular chicken protein, came first in the context. There is, however, a further twist in that this particular chicken protein turns out to come both first and last. The trick

European Union proposals that would introduce an EU-wide system for selling groceries by weight rather than by number, could see the retail sale of boxes of eggs banned.

Although an amendment to the proposals allowing individual states to nominate products that could be sold by number rather than by weight was tabled, it was subsequently rejected.

Retail industry publication The Grocer, has described the move as "bonkers", and retailers are concerned tha

Mexico dominated the trade fair running alongside the 21st Poultry Congress of Central America and the Caribbean. Yes, the various companies that support the poultry industry in the country had a strong presence, but it was not these that took over the event.

Rather, it was the country's football team that dominated the show, via large flat screen television sets attached to the exhibition hall walls, display monitors that formed part of the commerical stands and laptops with g

The British Pig and Poultry Fair, which took place this month, hosted a debate on encouraging consumers to buy more British produce.

The discussion, which, amongst other things, revealed that some consumers are unaware of the difference between broilers and laying hens, followed a series of organized farm visits, where two groups of shoppers were taken to either a broiler unit or a pig breeding unit.

The high standards of cleanliness and animal husbandry they wit

It is hard to judge a show if it is your first visit. Victam Asia 2010 has been billed as the "biggest ever" and, talking to exhibitors, the commercial stands occupied more space this year than in previous editions.

However, in comparison with European shows, the number of attendees seemed low.

Victam does not attract the crowds that some other shows do but again, talking to exhibitors, their impression was that visitor numbers wer