Bird Flu Hits: Just As Eggs Finally Get A Break

On January 28, 2015 egg farmers around the country were overjoyed. In a letter to the U.S. Secretaries of Health and Human Services and Agriculture, the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee submitted their scientific findings and recommendations – which included that cholesterol in the diet “no longer be considered a nutrient of concern” and should no longer be required to be reported on the Nutritional Facts panel on foods. In 1961, the egg warning appeared and egg consumption dropped 30 percent.