Free-range eggs to be protected in event of prolonged housing
Free-range egg producers will be able to label and sell their eggs as “free range” indefinitely when their birds are subjected to mandatory housing orders
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Free-range egg producers will be able to label and sell their eggs as “free range” indefinitely when their birds are subjected to mandatory housing orders
Farmers will no longer need to change how eggs are labelled during an outbreak of bird flu under new proposals launched by Defra today.
Eggs that are labelled free range could actually come from a barn under new government plans in response to repeated avian flu outbreaks.
Farmers may not have to relabel produce after avian flu outbreaks add cost pressures to industry
A major £1m marketing campaign to showcase the benefits of British-produced eggs will launch as the safety of imported eggs is under the microscope.