Fine lines: organic and free range eggs

Question: When is a very free range egg not allowed to be called a free range egg?

Answer: when it is called an organic egg!

The glory years are over. From spring 2012 until very recently, organic egg producers could also label their eggs free range. The logic of this was that as free range rules are an essential part of the organic standards, organic eggs could be labelled as both organic and free range. Simple and easy.