Porcelain styles, and there are several modern industrial manufacturers. These exported Chinese porcelains were held in such great esteem in Europe that in English "china" became a commonly–used synonym for the Italian term "porcelain". The first mention of porcelain in Europe is in "Il Milione" by Marco Polo in XII sec. Apart from copying Chinese porcelain in "faience" (tin glazed earthenware), the soft-paste Medici porcelain in 16th-century Florence was the first real European attempt to reproduce it, with little success. Early in the 16th century, Portuguese traders returned home with samples of kaolin, which they discovered in China to be essential
Rose Acre Farms nearby campus of Purdue University at Lafayette, Indiana. In April 2018, Rose Acre Farms announced that, due to concerns over "Salmonella", they would be voluntarily recalling more than 200 million eggs which originated at its facility in Hyde County, North Carolina. All recalled eggs were conventional eggs from hens raised in battery cage facilities. The Food and Drug Administration investigation found, among other things, numerous rodents in the manure pits below the battery cages. It was the largest egg recall in the country since 2010. Rose Acre Farms Rose Acre Farms is the second largest egg producer in the United