There are concerns that caged and fertilised eggs, laid by hens raised for meat, are being packed and sold as free-range in Western Australia.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is investigating these reports and WA’s Minister for Agriculture and Food, Alannah MacTiernan, is urging the state’s egg producers to provide their best evidence over to the ACCC.
Peter Bell, managing director of Golden Eggs in WA, said egg substitution exists and it’s sometimes hard to identify, particularly if it’s caged eggs put int free-range.