As soft as your fish.SALMON eggs are being used to produce luxury hand cream. Scientists in Norway noticed that women at a salmon hatchery hatchery a commercial establishment dedicated to the hatching of bird eggs to provide day old chicks and poults to the poultry industry. hatchery liquid the contents of unfertilized eggs. Used in petfood manufacture. had smooth hands despite working all day in bitterly cold water. The researchers found that a chemical in the salmon eggs broke down dead skin and acted as a moisturiser. The Norwegians have made a prototype of the new cream, called Zona zona /zo·na/ (zo´nah) pl. zo´nae [L.] 1. zone. 2. herpes zoster. zona arcua´ta inner tunnel. zona cilia´ris ciliary zone. , in the hope of selling it worldwide. And Scottish salmon farmers hope to supply some of the eggs to make it. A leading salmon producer in the Highlands said yesterday: "This could be a great opportunity for us. We shouldn't just let the Norwegian fish farmers take all the trade for this |
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