EU to ban eggs from 'conventional cages' from 2012

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EU to ban eggs from 'conventional cages'
Tuesday, 31 August 2010 17:46
The EU is to ban caged eggs from the market from January 2012.

Ireland East MEP Mairead McGuinness has said that despite warnings 30% of hens will still be in conventional cages by the deadline.

Ms McGuinness has said that assistance is being provided to producers to help them to convert to more welfare friendly systems.

AdvertisementAll egg producers in the EU will have to comply with tough animal welfare standards.

It is recommended that egg producers move away from the conventional caged eggs system to enriched cages, barn, or free range systems.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0831/eggs.html

anniehoo

Wooohoooo!Cant come quick enough.Great news

Lorrs33

They read my mind

Irishchick

Does this mean no more battery cages!??

Interceptor

At long last. I refuse to eat any egg that came from a confined bird.

'cptr

sambuka41

This is great I love th EU:p Although tghey have known about this for years,theres should be no reason for 30% to still be in cages by then,but def progress

lrushe

That's great, I always buy Organic not just because they taste better but because of the awful conditions battery chickens are kept in.
Hopefully in the next few years I will have my own hens who will bless me with a few eggs in the morning but still good to hear about the ban!:)

morganafay

That's great, but there's still loads more progress to be made, even if they're not in battery cages, doesn't mean they have good lives neccessarily . . .

Tranceypoo

It's a good start at least. I'm lucky cos my mother in law has hens who live the life of reilly poking round the farm all day and in their comfy coup at night, so I get all my eggs from her.

goat2

thank god for that
it was cruelty
money was the object


i have only ever bought eggs from known supplier close to me as i see how the hens are treated, out there in the field by day, and you know it in the egg

because of the cageing i never bout bought any other
if others had done same we would have been rid of these cages long time ago, i would rather have no egg than a caged hens egg

MsFifers

Great news OK - but what about caged chicken meat? Is that going to be banned too? If everyone is suddenly going to have to buy free range chickens after being used to buying a chicken for 3.99 or whatever they cost (only buy free range myself!) there will be uproar.

Cookie_Monster

[devils advocate]
won't this have a huge impact on egg prices and hence many food prices? How much space will a producer lose with this, only 7 for every ten hens there was, or similar?
[/devils advocate]

I agree with it by the way, just looking at the other side. Tha program on channel 4 with Hugh Fernely whatsit showed it quite well IMO, they were eaten chickens though

Cookie_Monster

bump.

seem not many people care about chickens, I thought this would have gotten more attention tbh...

morganafay

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

I agree with it by the way, just looking at the other side. Tha program on channel 4 with Hugh Fernely whatsit showed it quite well IMO, they were eaten chickens though

That show was really good. I know loads of people who watched it and were really shocked . . . they still wouldn't buy free range though.