battery egg

One of our leading supermarkets sells battery eggs at 73p for half a dozen.

Made from egg white (almost definitely battery eggs) and used as a food binder.

We can send a message to battery egg producers in the language they understand, the language of money!

Many supermarkets have already banned or are about to ban battery eggs from their shelves.

Approximately 65% of UK battery eggs are used by food manufacturers.

And, behind the scenes in some superstores, plans are being hatched to ban battery eggs.

Free-range and barn eggs cost slightly more than battery eggs.

There's also been fierce criticism of battery egg production, where producing birds are housed in small cages.

Certainly, when I visited a battery egg production unit in Cheshire it was a striking experience.

At last quorn will soon be using free-range eggs in all their products, rather than the battery eggs used until know.

As of 1 January 2007 (with one minor exception), all Austrian supermarkets no longer sell battery eggs.

Eggs Some vegetarians may wish to avoid battery eggs and/or barn eggs.

"Dirty battery eggs" looks best on traffic island lights, dividing the road, shining out black ink on yellow into the city's night.

Sainsbury's, Morrisons and the Co-op have announced plans to phase out the sale of battery eggs.

A retired couple who pretended battery eggs were from their free-range chickens and sold them outside their home have been fined £300 each for fraud.

The margins achieved by producers for barn and free-range eggs are appreciably higher than those that were available for battery eggs.

The Commission's socio-economic report shows that margins for free-range eggs were around twice as high as those for battery eggs.

Three Belgian supermarkets: Makro, Colruyt and Lidl, no longer sell battery eggs.

Quorn's acceptance in the vegetarian market was hampered by the use of battery eggs in its production process, a practice opposed on ethical grounds by many.

During 1999 RSPCA WA participated in National media campaigns on battery egg production and vehicle restraints for animals.

European Union legislation will ban all caged hens by 2012, but many farming groups believe this will lead to imports of battery eggs from outside of the EU.

"Market support for alternatives to battery egg production is a very positive development," she says, "but until there are standards and an inspection regimen in place, the system is open to abuse.

Battery egg farmer Steve Holme pleaded guilty to four counts of cruelty to battery hens in a landmark court case in Kurri Kurri today.

Earlier this year the Office for National Statistics threw out battery eggs from the shopping basket used to calculate the Consumers Prices Index, in favour of free-range eggs.