Concern over battery egg labelling

Compassion in World Farming (CIWF) has expressed serious concern about what it described as the low level of compliance with new EU egg labelling legislation, which came into force on January 1.

Under this law, all boxes containing eggs laid by hens kept in battery cages must be clearly labelled on the outside with the words “eggs from caged hens.”

CIWF said initial findings from a survey conducted by the group indicate that many supermarkets are still stocking battery eggs that are not labelled in compliance with the new laws.