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MILLER1 has described brown-shelled eggs with a characteristic taint produced in various parts of the United Kingdom during autumn 1971 and early 1972; this problem has occurred extensively in the UK over the same period in earlier years but it was much more apparent in 1971–1972.
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HOBSON-FROHOCK, A., LAND, D., GRIFFITHS, N. et al. Egg Taints: Association with Trimethylamine. Nature 243, 304–305 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/243304a0
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