Free Range Eggs are Not Free Range

[TE44]

http://www.co-operativefood.co.uk/bird-flu/

There's a customers notice up in Co-op informing

us free range hen products are not free range as

the goverment have ordered birds to be kept

indoors, precautionary measures against Avian flu.

The link above is given in the notice.

[Angelina]

yes - in order to be labeled 'free range' - chickens only have to be outside for a very short portion of their lives.

It does not at all indicate that they are allowed outside - it just means they are not caged.

[rendelharris]

Interesting article about the ethics of free range eggs in The Guardian the other day: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jan/30/free-range-eggs-con-ethical

N.B. Posted for the information of anyone interested, not to get into a massive debate!

[TE44]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/02/02/free-range-british-eggs-could-disappear-supermarkets-next-month/

Here's a more recent article, if the ban

continues into March, free range eggs will lose

there status. Unfortunately thiz is not comig

from questioning what this status means but

from the WHO and DEFRA aho have not felt the need to step in regarding the dishonesty behind this status.

[Loz]

rendelharris Wrote:

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> Interesting article about the ethics of free range

> eggs in The Guardian the other day: > https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jan/30/free-range-eggs-con-ethical

>

> N.B. Posted for the information of anyone interested, not to get into a massive debate!

Forget the unbearably smug article - the comments below it ripping it apart are a joy!

[uncleglen]

There was an outbreak of avian flu in Norfolk before Xmas

this is from DEFRA http://www.edp24.co.uk/business/farming/defra_extends_bird_flu_housing_order_until_february_28_but_it_won_t_affect_free_range_status_1_4837411