Sentences with phrase «conventional battery cages»
Many egg producers are also moving away from conventional battery cages to meet the increasing demand for cage - free.
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However, following reports that 13 Member States were unlikely to be compliant with the EU directive by 1 January 2012, meaning an estimated 50 million hens would still be housed in battery cages, Defra announced that many retailers and major food suppliers were putting in place «stringent traceability tests» to guarantee they will not supply eggs produced from illegal conventional cages or use them as ingredients in their own brand products.
Looking at how conventional chickens are raised - in battery cages with arsenic compounds in their feed - should convince any omelet loving eco-urbanite to adopt a couple of birds to produce breakfast in the backyard.