About Us
Egg Nutrition Center (ENC) monitors scientific findings and regulatory developments, and serves as a resource for health practitioners in need of current nutrition information to share with their patients. Key vehicles for disseminating information are the Nutrition Close-Up newsletter, various educational brochures and tool kits, published scientific articles, and symposia presented at health professional conferences and the enc-online.org website.
Role of the Egg Nutrition Center
The Center is dedicated to providing balanced, accurate information on the complex issues surrounding eggs and health. Much of the Center's activities focus on complicated health issues related to nutrition and egg consumption. These health issues are best addressed by health and nutrition experts such as those employed by ENC, as well as their external expert networks. A panel of independent scientists guides many of the research and educational projects of ENC and provides analysis and interpretation of current scientific literature. The Center is dedicated to providing balanced, accurate information related to the complex issues surrounding eggs and health.
Funding of the Egg Nutrition Center
The ENC is funded by the American Egg Board, which is a checkoff program. In the United States, a checkoff program collects funds from farmers of a particular agricultural commodity and uses these funds for promotional and research activities. Checkoff programs conduct generic promotion, research, and consumer information activities. The United States Department of Agriculture is responsible for overseeing the research and educational activities of checkoff programs under the authority of the Egg Research and Consumer Information Act.
Advisors of the Egg Nutrition Center
The ENC regularly convenes a Scientific Advisory Panel of independent scientists with expertise in human nutrition, food safety, epidemiology, and cardiology to evaluate research grant applications and to advise ENC and AEB on current issues related to eggs and health.
