The Texas Egg Council (TEC) is seeking nominations of individuals to serve as board members of the organization.

TEC encompasses all phases of the egg business. It is active in the four primary fields of product promotion, consumer education, funding of research and governmental relations.

Nominations are needed by May 15. To submit a nomination or for more information, contact James Grimm, executive vice president of the Texas Poultry Federation, at (512) 248-0600.

Texas Egg Council membership is divided into five categories:

Category 1–Producers (those owning production)

Category 2–Egg Dealers and Handlers

Category 3–Hatcheries of Egg-Type Chicks

Category 4–Allied Industries (Those firms who choose to be TEC members with automatic TAPA membership.)

Category 5–Contract growers (Those persons producing eggs and/or pullets on contract who do not have ownership of the poultry.)

The Texas Poultry Federation and Affiliates are the only statewide poultry organizations in Texas working specifically and only for the poultry industry of the Lone Star State.