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How To Make A Counterfeit Egg, China Style

UPDATE: It's possible this story is a hoax. BoingBoing compared believing it to believing in eBayed unicorns. More »

9:16 AM on Fri May 4 2007
By Ben Popken
13,391 views, 42 comments

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Cadbury: Our Eggs Aren't Smaller, You Are Bigger

Actor B.J. Novak from The Office appeared on Late Night with Conan O'Brien bearing proof that Cadbury eggs have recently shrunk. In tow were two Cadbury eggs; the egg from yesteryear was clearly larger than the egg currently on shelves. More »

11:33 AM on Sun Apr 8 2007
By Carey
113,974 views, 55 comments

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Burger King To Go Cage-Free?

If you don't like thinking about the hens who produced the egg on your BK Breakfast thingy, and the fact that they are confined to little dingy cages wile you eat their unborn... We have good news for you. And the hens. Burger King has revised its policy and will now begin buying more food from humane suppliers. From The New York Times:
Animal rights advocates praised Burger King for its new commitment to begin buying eggs and pork from suppliers that do not keep their animals in cages or crates.
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11:27 AM on Wed Mar 28 2007
By Meg Marco
2,210 views, 34 comments

Latest by kryptik: Just 2%? Wow, how impressive. McDonalds in the UK flaunts its free-range credentials on the side of its delivery trucks, and says on their website: ...all of the eggs used in our breakfast menu and sauces are free range. [http://www.mcdonalds.co.uk/pages/eatsmart/ourfood.html] Makes BK USA more »

advertising

CBS Poops Out CSI Eggvertising

When we first heard about CBS advertising on poultry ovum, we thought, oh, that's neat, but were, for the most part, nonplussed. The relentless penetration of advertising into every space is a fairly warmed over easy topic. More »

11:48 AM on Mon Nov 13 2006
By Ben Popken
159 views, 13 comments

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EggFusion: Laser-Etched AdverFood

A company named, somewhat predictably, 'EggFusion,' is promoting a technique to etch fresh eggs with text with a method that they hope will see adoption from both food suppliers and advertisers. EggFusion uses a laser to burn a layer of text in the egg shell itself, providing a light grey text on white eggs and lightened text on brown eggs. The laser penetrates about 5% of the shell surface, leaving the contents inside unharmed. More »

10:12 AM on Thu Feb 2 2006
By consumerist.com
82 views, 2 comments