Scramble for organic eggs

• Published 28 May 2009

Organic egg producer DQY's profits have grown 500% since the melamine scandal hit China last October.

Health consciousness has hatched a clutch of consumer trends following a series of food scares and scandals in recent years, most recently the melamine-tainted milk disaster last year. One of these trends is the rising demand for organic eggs – free from the melamine that has also been found in contaminated poultry feed.

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