Article: Fed: RSPCA calls for legal definition of free-range eggs


AAP General News (Australia)
07-01-2008
Fed: RSPCA calls for legal definition of free-range eggs

BRISBANE, July 1 AAP - Free range eggs aren't always all they're cracked up to be and
a nationally-consistent legal definition has to be established, the RSPCA says.

The call comes after a survey by consumer group Choice showed that consumers who opt
to take animal welfare into account in their purchases may be being duped.

"Just because a carton says free range and has pictures of happy looking chickens adorning
the cover doesn't mean the eggs have been produced to high welfare standards," said RSPCA
Australia's scientific officer Melina Tensen.

"What's needed in the first instance is a ...

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